Monocoque

Rarity: Uncommon

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What Wikipedia says

Monocoque ( MON-ə-ko(h)k), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word monocoque is a French term for "single shell".

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