hull

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hull1

▶noun the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the superstructure, engines, and other fittings. ▶verb (of a missile) hit and pierce the hull of.

– derivatives
-hulled adjective.

– origin ME: perh. the same word as hull2, or rel. to hold2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hull2

▶noun

• 1 the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

• 2 the green calyx of a strawberry or raspberry.

▶verb (usu. as adj. hulled) remove the hulls from.

– origin OE hulu, of Gmc origin; rel. to heel3.