husk

English

/hʌsk/

noun
Definitions
  • The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
  • Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
  • The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English huske (husk) inherited from Old English *hosuc, *husuc (sheath, little covering) derived from Proto-Germanic *husōn derived from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (cover) derived from Middle Low German hūske(n), hūsken (little house, sheath) derived from Middle Dutch hūskijn.

Origin

Middle Dutch

hūskijn

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