HARD-SHELL


Meaning of HARD-SHELL in English

/hahrd"shel'/ , adj.

1. Also, hard-shelled .

2. having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted.

3. rigid or uncompromising.

n.

4. See hard-shell crab .

[ 1790-1800 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .