hulling

American  

[huhl-ing] / ˈhʌl ɪŋ /

noun

1. material for the framework and shell of the hull of a ship.

---

Etymology

Origin of hulling

1400–50; late Middle English (gerund). See hull ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The courtyard is unkempt, and a rotting wheat hulling machine lies in a corner.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2022

Built in 1882, the two-story metalworking factory was the birthplace of boilers that heated the booming city, coffee hulling machines shipped to plantations in Brazil, and engines that propelled the drilling of the Panama Canal.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2022

Hulling strawberries with a knife is tedious; hulling strawberries with this tiny tool is weirdly satisfying.

From Time • Dec. 20, 2016

As Sara Pitzer, the author of the small-scale grain grower’s bible “Homegrown Whole Grains,” writes, “even gardeners most lyrical about the joys of growing rice admit that hulling is nothing but pure chore.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 10, 2014

Late that night we were still at work, cleaning the fish, hulling the rice, separating the grain from the husk.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya