husk Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
  2. noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
  3. verb remove the husks from
    shell.
    • husk corn

WordNet

Husk noun
Etymology
Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.
Definitions
  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.
Husk transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Husked ; present participle & verbal noun Husking
Definitions
  1. To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

Webster 1913