Hull

Hull

/həl/

noun

1) the body of a ship

“The Nautilus is made up of two hulls, one inside the other; between them, joining them together, are iron T-bars that give this ship the utmost rigidity.” 

– from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (1828 – 1905)

2) a shell or a husk of fruit, grain, or seed

“The hulls [of black walnuts] are used in traditional herbalism, for their high tannin content and iodine levels.”

– San Francisco Herb Co.

verb

3) to remove the hull of a fruit

“All you need to hull strawberries is a bunch of washed and dried berries and a small paring knife.”

– The Kitchn