hardshell

Having a tough outer shell.

Adjective

  1. Having a tough outer shell.
    • His favorite seafood is hardshell crabs.
    • a hardshell guitar case
  2. Rigid or uncompromising in principles, especially in religion or politics.
    • Though it was a commonly held opinion, now only hardshell Baptists oppose dancing.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hardshell.

Origin

From hard + shell.

Forms

more hardshell most hardshell hard-shell