dehusk

dehusk

English

Etymology

de- +‎ husk

Verb

dehusk (third-person singular simple present dehusks, present participle dehusking, simple past and past participle dehusked)

1. (transitive) To remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal.
   • 1567, Thomas Drant, Horace his arte of poetrie, pistles, and satyrs Englished and to the Earle of Ormounte by Tho. Drant addressed.

     thy neghbour should haue more
     Wheate (by the dowrie of his wyfe) dehuskd vpon the flore

   • 1999, J. G. Olher, Modern Coconut Management: Palm Cultivation and Products

     Cost of nut transportation to the kiln can be reduced by dehusking the nuts under the trees , so that only the unopened shells have to be transported to the kiln reducing weight by about 40 per cent and volume by about 60 per cent .

Translations

remove the husk

Catalan: desclovellar Finnish: lestä Hungarian: hüvelyez, héjtalanít, héjat eltávolít, hüvelyből kifejt Spanish: desfarfollar

References

dehusk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• husked