hull
noun
[ hʌl ]
• the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
hull
verb
• hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.
• "the ship was being hulled and all would die"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull2, or related to hold2.
hull
noun
• the outer covering of a fruit or seed, especially the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain.
Similar:
shell,
husk,
pod,
case,
casing,
covering,
seed case,
rind,
skin,
peel,
shuck,
pericarp,
capsule,
legume,
integument,
hull
verb
• remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).
• "first, rinse and hull the berries"
Origin:
Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse ‘husk, pod’, and German Hülle ‘covering’, also to heel3.
