HOLLOW OUT • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Hollow out

... having been finished, the bow having been fashioned somewhat like that represented in the accompanying cut, and the stern having been shaped like that shown in the illustration given below, the next thing to be done is to hollow out the hull. Care must be taken in doing this not to cut away too much wood from one part, or to leave too much at another; a little more than half an inch of thickness may be left everywhere. Next, fix in the thwarts, or ...

— Man on the Ocean - A Book about Boats and Ships • R.M. Ballantyne