HUSK

I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a usually dry or membranous outer covering (as a pod or one composed of bracts) of various seeds and fruits (as barley and corn) ; hull , a carob pod, 2. an outer layer ; shell , an emptied shell ; remnant , a supporting framework, II. transitive verb Date: 1562 to strip the ~ from, ~er noun