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shelterless, a.|ˈʃɛltəlɪs|
[f. shelter n. + -less.]
1. Without a shelter or covering; unprotected from the elements.
1714Rowe Jane Shore v. i, Now sad and shelterless, perhaps, she lyes, Where piercing Winds blow sharp. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. iv. 54 The unseasonable seasons drove..Their shelterless, pale tribes to mountain caves. 1885–94R. Bridges Eros & Psyche Aug. iv, Fainting and shelterless Upon the mountain it were death to bide.
2. That affords no shelter; not furnished with a sheltering structure.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 113 We were compelled to take up with this shelterless hovel. 1814[see shadeless a. 1]. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 347/2 At the time of the cession..Malta was almost a shelterless rock. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. iii, Even Daphne..blinked a little as she crossed the shelterless promenade.
Hence ˈshelterlessness.
c1878–9in W. J. Fitz-Patrick Life T. N. Burke (1885) II. 298 The houselessness and shelterlessness of our Saviour. |