rind

Meanings

Noun

• tree bark
• A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
• The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
• An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

Verb

• To remove the rind from.

Origin

• From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *rem-. Cognate with German Rinde. related to English rand.
• Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn.