Kind of crab

Usage examples of hardshell.

A good buddy in the department once said that Hardshell Shaw's pain threshold was between that of a rhinoceros and a wooden fence post.

He had to live up to his reputation and become Hardshell Shaw, had to blank out everything that might distract him from dealing with Skagg.

The comm hardshell would go like mad for half an hour, then start screaming for help from anyone who could hear it.

Something was there, all right—if only it held some kind of energy that might choke the Klingon’s weapons for a few more minutes, long enough for the hardshell to get far enough away.

And… well, though he would never have admitted as much, he enjoyed being called Hardshell, and he took pleasure in the reputation that went with the nickname.

We're just like Sisko and that bagof hardshelled nuts he runs around with.

We're just like Sisko and that bag of hardshelled nuts he runs around with.

The Pilgrim probes had videotaped what seemed to be hardshelled dirigibles.