the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.-the frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.-to strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.-to pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.-to toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.