hulled

[ huhld ]

/ hʌld /

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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.

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Origin of hulled

1570–80 hull¹ + -ed²

Top with any of the following · Mixed berry—8 ounces each, hulled strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
Sweet Brits|Lydia Brownlow|April 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, three batteries had got her range, and under this terrible cross fire she was hulled at every discharge.
The Hero of Manila|Rossiter Johnson
She had been hulled by six round and many grape shot, and her foremast had (p. 581) been cut by a twenty-four-pound shot.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
The Americans promptly responded, and soon two eighteen-pound shot hulled the brig "Despatch."
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.

He paid no attention to the first shot, and it was only when the second one hulled him that he came into the wind.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
Mother also said that you should never wash berries after they were hulled, because if you did you lost part of the juice.
A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl|Amy Waterman