a case or covering; housing.

material for a case or covering.

the framework around a door or window.

the outermost covering of an automobile tire.

any frame or framework.

a steel pipe or tubing, esp. as used in oil and gas wells.

a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.

the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.

Nautical . the walls surrounding a funnel.

a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.

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hull , jacket , sheath , skin , wrapper , boot , coffin , covering , frame , lining , tire