planklessadj.

Brit.

/ˈplaŋkləs/, U.S.

/ˈplæŋkləs/

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

Etymology: < plank n. + -less suffix.

Having no planks; stripped of planks. Also figurative.

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1800 S. T. Coleridge Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 194 This Ship it was a plankless thing,—A bare Anatomy! A plankless spectre—and it mov'd Like a Being of the Sea!

1837 H. W. Longfellow Drift-wood in Prose Wks. (1886) I. 317 Vikings sitting gaunt and grim on the plankless ribs of their pirate ships.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. iv. 489 The Peasant-Noble..clattered with his wooden slippers upon the plankless floor of his hut.

1940 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 18 June 2/8 The idea of a plankless platform short enough to be printed on a postcard won the support of top-ranking leaders.

2004 Stuart (Florida) News (Nexis) 8 Oct. (Sport section) c3 I don't think we really knew how many boats we had on our waterways until we saw them high and dry in our backyards, on top of our plankless docks or floating in pieces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plankless
释义	planklessadj. Brit. /ˈplaŋkləs/, U.S. /ˈplæŋkləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plank n., -less suffix. Etymology: < plank n. + -less suffix. Having no planks; stripped of planks. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1800 S. T. Coleridge Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 194 This Ship it was a plankless thing,—A bare Anatomy! A plankless spectre—and it mov'd Like a Being of the Sea! 1837 H. W. Longfellow Drift-wood in Prose Wks. (1886) I. 317 Vikings sitting gaunt and grim on the plankless ribs of their pirate ships. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. iv. 489 The Peasant-Noble..clattered with his wooden slippers upon the plankless floor of his hut. 1940 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 18 June 2/8 The idea of a plankless platform short enough to be printed on a postcard won the support of top-ranking leaders. 2004 Stuart (Florida) News (Nexis) 8 Oct. (Sport section) c3 I don't think we really knew how many boats we had on our waterways until we saw them high and dry in our backyards, on top of our plankless docks or floating in pieces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1800
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