the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
verb
[with object]
hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile: the ship was being hulled and all would die
Derivatives
hulled
adjective
[in combination]: a wooden-hulled narrowboat
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull2, or related to hold2
