(hul) noun
1. The outer covering, as of a kernel of grain or of a nut; husk; pod; also, any outer covering; specifically, in the plural, garments, clothes.
2. Naut. The body of a ship, exclusive of the masts, sails, yards, and rigging.
3. Aeron. The main covered structure of a rigid airship; also, that part of a flying boat which rests upon the water.
—v.t.
1. To shell; free from the hull.
2. To strike or pierce the hull of (a vessel). [OE hulu a covering]
—hull′er noun

(hul), Cordell,
1871–1955, U. S. secretary of state 1933–44.
—Isaac,
1773–1843, American commodore.

(hul)
A port in SE Yorkshire, England: officially Kingston–upon–Hull.