hulling

[ huhl-ing ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hulling¹

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

Example Sentences

Traditionally rice was washed to rinse off dust, insects, little stones and bits of husk left from the rice hulling process.

From Salon

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

From BBC

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

After hulling the fruit, she’d leave the seeds out to dry.

From Washington Post

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

From Literature