rockerlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒkələs/, U.S.

/ˈrɑkərləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocker n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < rocker n.¹ + -less suffix.

Originally U.S.

Esp. of a rocking chair: having no rockers; lacking rockers.

ΚΠ

1870 Vermont Chron. 15 Oct. 2/4 To bump backwards and forwards on the old rockerless chair.

1887 M. A. Denison Cracker Joe xxviii. 283 Mrs. Dunn rocked her rockerless chair back and forth, shook her heavy head.

1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) i. 9 A baby was cooing in a rocker-less wicker cradle.

1994 J. B. Stevenson in Appalachia in Internat. Context ii. 32 I learned that the deaf-mute old man who once made a rockerless rocking chair for me was enjoying life in Morgantown, North Carolina.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rockerless
释义	rockerlessadj. Brit. /ˈrɒkələs/, U.S. /ˈrɑkərləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocker n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < rocker n.¹ + -less suffix. Originally U.S. Esp. of a rocking chair: having no rockers; lacking rockers. ΚΠ 1870 Vermont Chron. 15 Oct. 2/4 To bump backwards and forwards on the old rockerless chair. 1887 M. A. Denison Cracker Joe xxviii. 283 Mrs. Dunn rocked her rockerless chair back and forth, shook her heavy head. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) i. 9 A baby was cooing in a rocker-less wicker cradle. 1994 J. B. Stevenson in Appalachia in Internat. Context ii. 32 I learned that the deaf-mute old man who once made a rockerless rocking chair for me was enjoying life in Morgantown, North Carolina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1870
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