husk

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.

To remove husks from.

An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

To cough, clear one's throat.

To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.