husk
noun
the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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An average operator will husk 1,000 nuts per day, and records have been made of a clean up of as many as 3,000 per day.
From The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines by William S. (Scrugham) Lyon