hulled

[huhld]

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adjective

retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.

naturally having a hull: hulled sesame seeds.

having the hull removed: hulled strawberries.

Origin of hulled

1570–80 hull¹ + -ed²

hull

[huhl]

noun

the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.

the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.

any covering or envelope.

verb (used with object)

to remove the hull of.

Midland U.S. to shell (peas or beans).

Origin of hull

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hulu husk, pod; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, Latin cēlāre to hide, conceal, Greek kalýptein to cover up (see apocalypse). See hall, hell, hole

Related formshull·er, noun

Synonyms for hull

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1. skin, pod, peel, rind, shuck.

hull

[huhl]

noun

the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.

Aeronautics.

the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off.
the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible.

verb (used with object)

to pierce (the hull of a ship), especially below the water line.

verb (used without object)

to drift without power or sails.

Origin of hull

1350–1400; Middle English; special use of hull¹

Related formshull-less, adjective

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Related Words for hulled

capsule, husk, skin, trim, shave, graze, pare, scrape, tear, rob, dismantle, remove, deprive, lift, ransack, withdraw, gut, divest, expose, empty

Examples from the Web for hulled

Contemporary Examples of hulled

Top with any of the following · Mixed berry—8 ounces each, hulled strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
Sweet Brits
Lydia Brownlow
April 4, 2011

Historical Examples of hulled

The other vessels then got the range, and hulled the Black Pearl with nearly every shot.
Across the Spanish Main
Harry Collingwood
The brig had been hulled once, and two shots had passed through her sails.
Held Fast For England
G. A. Henty
Near Shabluka she was attacked by a dervish fort and hulled.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898
Bennet Burleigh
The Frolic had been hulled repeatedly, but aloft had only lost her gaff and head-braces.
Pike & Cutlass
George Gibbs
After they have been gathered, the berries are first washed and then hulled by machinery.
Our Little Porto Rican Cousin
Mary Hazelton Wade

British Dictionary definitions for hulled

hull

noun

the main body of a vessel, tank, flying boat, etc

the shell or pod of peas or beans; the outer covering of any fruit or seed; husk

the persistent calyx at the base of a strawberry, raspberry, or similar fruit

the outer casing of a missile, rocket, etc

verb

to remove the hulls from (fruit or seeds)

(tr) to pierce the hull of (a vessel, tank, etc)

Derived Formshuller, nounhull-less, adjective

Word Origin for hull

Old English hulu; related to Old High German helawa, Old English helan to hide

Hull

noun

a city and port in NE England, in Kingston upon Hull unitary authority, East Riding of Yorkshire: fishing, food processing; two universities. Pop: 301 416 (2001). Official name: Kingston upon Hull

a city in SE Canada, in SW Quebec on the River Ottawa: a centre of the timber trade and associated industries. Pop: 66 246 (2001)

Hull

noun

Cordell. 1871–1955, US statesman; secretary of state (1933–44). He helped to found the U.N.: Nobel peace prize 1945

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Word Origin and History for hulled

hull

n.1

"seed covering," from Old English hulu "husk, pod," from Proto-Germanic *hulus "to cover" (cf. Old High German hulla, hulsa; German Hülle, Hülse, Dutch huls). Figurative use by 1831.

hull

n.2

"body of a ship," 1550s, perhaps from hull (n.1) on fancied resemblance of ship keels to open peapods (cf. Latin carina "keel of a ship," originally "shell of a nut;" Greek phaselus "light passenger ship, yacht," literally "bean pod;" French coque "hull of a ship; shell of a walnut or egg"). Alternative etymology is from Middle English hoole "ship's keel" (mid-15c.), from the same source as hold (n.).

hull

"to remove the husk of," early 15c., from hull (n.1). Related: Hulled, which can mean both "having a particular kind of hull" and "stripped of the hull."

hulled in Science

hull

[hŭl]

The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.

The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.