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hull noun1.
[Old English hulu from weak grade of helan to cover, whence also Old English hylma, Old High German hulla mantle, head-covering (German Hulle) and Dutch huls, Old High German hulsa (German Hulse husk, pod): cf. HOLE noun1, next.]
The outer covering, rind, shell, pod, or husk of any fruit or seed. OE.
b. Bran. rare. LME.
c. The calyx which persists at the base of some fruits, as strawberries. Also, the core of a fruit, as an apple, a raspberry, etc. L19.
A sty or pen for animals. Formerly also, a hut, a hovel. Scot. & north. ME.
Something that encases or encloses; a covering; spec. (now rare) the membrane enclosing the heart, the pericardium; in pl. (now chiefly Scot.), clothes. E17.