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trainless, a.|ˈtreɪnlɪs|
[f. train n.1 + -less.]
1. Having no train; devoid of a train (as a robe, a meteor, a peacock).
1868Lockyer Elem. Astron. xxiv. §305. 132 There was a region in which the meteors appeared trainless,..because they were directly approaching us. 1873Daily News 7 Nov. 5/4 Priests whose trainless gowns showed they belonged to the order of Jesuits. 1904Ibid. 21 Nov. 4 The peacock..that less than a month ago was a dowdy, trainless bird, has grown a ‘tail’ of bewildering beauty.
2. Devoid of (railway) trains; on which no trains are running.
1859Kingsley Misc., Agric. Crisis II. 195 The money will be..surely in a better place than..in repudiated loans and trainless railroads. 1900Westm. Gaz. 25 Aug. 4/3 Only two [railway] systems are now trainless. |