oarlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːləs/, U.S.

/ˈɔrləs/

Forms: see oar n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oar n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < oar n. + -less suffix.

Having no oar or oars.In quot. 1882: (of the sea) undisturbed by oars.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > not

oarless1595

the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [adjective] > unruffled

oarless1882

fretlessa1894

1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship sig. H3 We huld along the Mediterrane sea, oarelesse, foodlesse, and strengthlesse.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 74 Mast-les, owre-les, and from Harbour farre.

1771 J. Trumbull Elegy on Death Mr. Buckingham St. John in Amer. Poems (1793) 15 And see, afar the oarless boat conveys The trembling sailors to the distant shore.

1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xxvi. 584 A broken torch—an oarless boat.

1852 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 569/2 Shall these battered keels, strained and oarless, be the convoys of a new fleet, or have they escaped the storm only to be foundered by the slow process of leakage and decay?

1882 Ld. Tennyson To Virgil v Summers of the snakeless meadow, unlaborious earth and oarless sea.

1940 L. MacNeice Last Ditch 24 Now, he thought, we are floating—ageless, oarless.

1993 R. Connolly Sunday Morning (BNC) 100 Celebrations ended with a solo hand-paddle down the Serpentine in a commandeered, stray, oarless rowing boat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oarless
释义	oarlessadj. Brit. /ˈɔːləs/, U.S. /ˈɔrləs/ Forms: see oar n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oar n., -less suffix. Etymology: < oar n. + -less suffix. Having no oar or oars.In quot. 1882: (of the sea) undisturbed by oars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > not oarless1595 the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [adjective] > unruffled oarless1882 fretlessa1894 1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship sig. H3 We huld along the Mediterrane sea, oarelesse, foodlesse, and strengthlesse. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 74 Mast-les, owre-les, and from Harbour farre. 1771 J. Trumbull Elegy on Death Mr. Buckingham St. John in Amer. Poems (1793) 15 And see, afar the oarless boat conveys The trembling sailors to the distant shore. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xxvi. 584 A broken torch—an oarless boat. 1852 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 569/2 Shall these battered keels, strained and oarless, be the convoys of a new fleet, or have they escaped the storm only to be foundered by the slow process of leakage and decay? 1882 Ld. Tennyson To Virgil v Summers of the snakeless meadow, unlaborious earth and oarless sea. 1940 L. MacNeice Last Ditch 24 Now, he thought, we are floating—ageless, oarless. 1993 R. Connolly Sunday Morning (BNC) 100 Celebrations ended with a solo hand-paddle down the Serpentine in a commandeered, stray, oarless rowing boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595
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