Husk
/hʌsk/
noun
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
“A coconut has a very thick husk.”
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
“His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.”
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
verb
To remove husks from.