hulled

American  

[huhld] / hʌld /

adjective

1. retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull.

   hulled wheat.

2. naturally having a hull.

   hulled sesame seeds.

3. having the hull removed.

   hulled strawberries.

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Etymology

Origin of hulled

1570–80 hull ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Toasted Buckwheat Groats with Fresh Sheep Cheese and Pickled Rhubarb Buckwheat groats are the hulled seeds of the plant.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

“There are a lot of key issues here,” Wenger said as he hulled walnuts on a brisk October day, his hands stained with the black ink of crushed husks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Navy to try and zone in on the signal from this whale, and at the same time had these visual surveyors who were going out on rigid hulled inflatables to try and locate it.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2017

Navy significantly reduced in size, a majority of vessels were classified as “Old Navy,” meaning a mixture of iron hulled and wholly wooden ships.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

“The Cape’s not so bad. You’re safer there than lots of places. For instance—take the Mediterranean. There—you’d be running from a French privateer, and probably be hulled by a Barbary pirate.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham