rind

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪnd/

The English word “rind” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand.

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