Outer covering of an egg (5)

I believe the answer is:

shell

(Other definitions for shell that I've seen before include "ammunition" , "attack with bombs" , "Mollusc's casing" , "bomb?" , "layer of jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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