That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn, from Proto-Germanic *skinþą (compare Dutch schinde ("bark"), dialectal German Schinde), from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (compare Breton skant ("scales"), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim ("I tear, burst"), Latin scindo ("to split, divide"), Sanskrit छिनत्ति ("he splits")), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d-. Partially displaced native Old English hȳd, see hide. More at shed.
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