rind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

WordNet

Rind noun
Etymology
AS. rind bark, crust of bread; akin OHG. rinta, G. rinde, and probably to E. rand, rim; cf. Skr. ram to end, rest.
Definitions
  1. The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
    Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.
    Sweetest nu hath sourest rind. Shak.
Rind transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To remove the rind of; to bark. R.

Webster 1913