shelling

noun5

1. •
   An artillery bombardment.
2. •
   The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
3. •
   Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.
4. •
   Grain from which the husk has been removed.
5. •
   An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)