single shell
Noun
Meaning
a shell for a single oarsman
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A substantial amount of residue remains in the older single shell tanks with one containing an estimated 447,000 gallons of radioactive sludge, for example.
Officers recovered a single shell casing at the scene, but later found a second casing inside Sims’ car, Crone said.
The word monocoque is a French term for "single shell" or (of boats) "single hull". citation Semi-monocoque Some structures have sub-components that are monocoques, but which form part of a composite frame structure.
By 2005, some liquid waste was transferred from single shell tanks to (safer) double shell tanks.
The task can be labor-intensive, since a single shell can contain hundreds of stars.