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Definition of 'hull'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
The outer covering of a fruit or seed
Synonyms
* (outer covering of fruit or seed ): husk, shell
Derived terms
* ahull
* monohull
* multihull
* twinhull
* tank hull
* hull-down
Verb
( en-verb)
To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.
Synonyms
* (to remove hull of a fruit or seed ): peel, husk, shell, shuck
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.
Noun
( en-noun)
The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane
* Dryden
- Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
Verb
( en-verb)
(obsolete|intransitive|nautical) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
*, II.1:
*:We goe not, but we are carried: as things that flote, now gliding gently, now hulling violently, according as the water is, either stormy or calme.
To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
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