hulling

The last step in the preparation process is called hulling or peeling, both words accurately describing the purpose of the operation.

All About Coffee 1909

In the dry method, the husks are removed either by hand (threshing and pounding in a mortar, on the smaller plantations) or by specially constructed machinery, known as hulling machines.

All About Coffee 1909

But once she was in the kitchen, even working with Mizuho on something as simple as hulling strawberries reminded her of the distance between herself and everyone else.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

But once she was in the kitchen, even working with Mizuho on something as simple as hulling strawberries reminded her of the distance between herself and everyone else.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

Before and after, he worked as a mobile home hulling foreman, oil-field roughneck, horse trainer, auto body shop manager, bar bouncer and "some other things that hurt my head to try to remember."

The real Don Adams is still Alive 2008

That would change if the news spread that Harvesters had started hulling ghouls, raiding their bodies for every salvageable part, leaving only the skin husk behind.

Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

When you have finished hulling the strawberries, Ellen will help carry the bowls to the tables.

The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

Before and after, he worked as a mobile home hulling foreman, oil-field roughneck, horse trainer, auto body shop manager, bar bouncer and "some other things that hurt my head to try to remember."

The real Don Adams is still Alive 2008

Once harvested, grains had to be threshed and winnowed. 106 Beyond hulling, they were then pounded and ground.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

It was late in the year to be harvesting, but we filled several sacks with acorns, and then sat by the fire, discarding worm-eaten ones, hulling good ones, and pounding the kernels with stones to make a coarse meal.

Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009