rind

A tough outer covering such as bark, the skin of some fruits, or the coating on cheese or bacon.

To take the rind from; bark; decorticate.

A thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of animals, plants, fruits, cheeses, etc.; a thick skin or integument; specifically, in botany, same as cortex: applied to the outer layer or layers of a fungus-body, to the cortical layer (see cortical) of a lichen, as well as to the bark of trees.

The skin of a whale; whale-rind: a whalers' term.

Edge; border.