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shaftless, a.|ˈʃɑːftlɪs, -æ-|
[f. shaft n.2 + -less.]
Without or lacking a shaft (in any sense of the n.).
1811Byron Curse of Min. vii, The broken lance Seem'd weak and shaftless. 1812― Ch. Har. ii. xc, The flying Mede, his shaftless broken bow. 1881Palgrave Vis. Eng. 116 One high gracious curve Of shaftless windows frames the limpid blue. 1881Mayne Reid Free Lances I. xvii. 189 His irony was shaftless, being understood. 1895Daily News 21 Sept. 5/5 The doctors went to look for the Lefebvre light carts but found them shaftless. |