Husk /(hŭsk)/

Husk

n.
  1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
  2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Phrases & Compounds
Husks of the prodigal son
the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

Husk

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n. Husking

  1. To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.