husk

1. 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.

2. Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

   His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.

3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

verb

To remove husks from.

noun

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

1. To cough, clear one's throat.
2. To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.