dehusk

English

Etymology

From 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 grain).
   • 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 .

Derived terms

• dehusker
• undehusked

Translations

remove the husk

• Catalan: desclovellar
• Finnish: lestä
• Hungarian: hüvelyez (hu), héjtalanít, héjat eltávolít, hüvelyből kifejt
• Spanish: desfarfollar

References

“dehusk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• husked