Hull and Plating

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Hull noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

Usage example: the coffin was placed in a cement hull

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Plating and hull are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plating" instead a noun "Hull".

Nearby Words: hulled, hulling

Plating noun - The application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis).

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Hull and plating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hull" instead a noun "Plating".

Nearby Words: plate, plated, plater

The Breaching Pods slamming into the Enterprise hull gets turned against the villains when the Franklin suddenly launches out of the water in front of them, and Krall's ships get stuck in the hull, as the Franklin was built back when Starfleet still used armor plating instead of shields.

Source: Film / Star Trek Beyond
Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors: Ships have up to three layers of defense: hull, armor plating, and shields.

Source: Video Game / Starsector aka: Starfarer
One wonders just how flimsy their hull would be without its hull plating polarized.

Source: Deflector Shields aka: Deflector Shield

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