crownlessadj.

a1645 D. Featley Orationes Synodicæ vii, in Καταβάπτισται Κατάπτυστοι: Dippers Dipt (1647) 211 Unlesse he prove masteries again, and in another race out-strip his adversary, he must go away crownlesse.

1710 L. Milbourne Moderate Cabal 46 That perfect Statesman view'd with Envy, loth That such a tiny Lord the Bell should bear, A crownless Head the glorious Lawrel wear.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor xi. 322 The Crown'd are crownless, kingdomless the Kings.

1840 R. H. Schomburgk Descr. Brit. Guiana i. 10 A column fashioned by nature, and compared by the Indians to the trunk of a crownless tree.

1843 Orion Sept. 33 ‘But tell me the advantages of a crownless hat?’ ‘Very slight, Robert—very. It is worse than a crownless purse.’

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (1872) I. ii. 34 Weak old Winter himself must shiver, Withdrawn to the mountains, a crownless king.

1912 L. Greenbaum & M. Greenbaum Pract. Dentistry 264 If the cause lies in poorly fitting crowns, these must be removed, the root or tooth remain crownless until the pericementum recovers.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 18 Greatest of ladies crownless and jewelless and garmentless.

1968 B. Kurtén Pleistocene Mammals Europe xiii. 161 The acoronate (or ‘crownless’) deer differs from typical European stags in that the terminal part of the antler carries a simple fork.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Oct. e9 A straw boater, a crownless fedora or a flamboyant portrait hat.