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[ huhl-ing ] / ˈhʌl ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hulling ON THESAURUS.COM
nounmaterial for the framework and shell of the hull of a ship. Origin of hulling1400–50; late Middle English (gerund). See hull2, -ing1 Words nearby hullinghull down, hulled, hull efficiency, hull girder, Hull House, hulling, hullo, hulloa, hully gully, Hulme, Hulse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hullingOrdinarily, hulling is avoided by irrigating just preceding the time of falling. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association By this practice they were hulling the British ship prodigiously below her water-line and everywhere below her rail. The Story of John Paul Jones|Chelsea Curtis Fraser So far as harvesting and hulling hickory nuts is concerned, the matter is not at all complicated. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association The ship lay very broad off, so we thought it better spooning before the sea, than trying, or hulling. Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Words related to hullingcapsule, husk, skin, trim, shave, graze, pare, scrape, tear, rob, dismantle, remove, deprive, lift, ransack, withdraw, gut, divest, expose, empty |