sheller

[ shel-er ]

noun

1. a person, device, machine, etc., that shells something, as peas or clams.
2. a person who collects seashells.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheller¹

First recorded in 1685–95; shell + -er ¹

Example Sentences

As Wu traveled to rural areas trying to sell her maize sheller and became fluent in Swahili, she learned that solar-powered products were in high demand in these communities.

From MIT Technology Review

He received commissions of every character, from the purchase of a corn sheller to the matching of a blue ribbon.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, he was fairly famous in his county as the inventor of a hemp-brake, a clover-sheller, a bellows and threshing machine.

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I remember one of his complaints was in regard to a pea-sheller which he had seen at work in one of our monster hotels.

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He was a man of powerful body and unusual endurance; the sort of man you could attach to a corn-sheller as you would an engine.

From Project Gutenberg

We run it with a two-hole corn sheller, a set of 16-inch burr stones, and an elevator.

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