Rind

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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 nurind. Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]