Definition of hull

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