Hull
Hull , noun
[Old English hul, hol, shell, husk, Anglo-Saxon hulu; akin to German hulle covering, husk, case, hullen to cover, Gothic huljan to cover, Anglo-Saxon helan to hele, conceal. r17. See Hele, transitive verb, Hell.]
1.
The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2.
(Nautical) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
Collocations (1)
Hull down , said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
Hull , transitive verb
1.
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
2.
To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Hull , intransitive verb
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obsolete] — Shak. Milton