shiplessadj.
1. Unoccupied by ships.
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society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > navigable > navigated or frequented by shipping > specific > not
shipless1719
sailless1827
1719 in Maidment Scot. Ballads (1868) I. 25 The Widowit Dame..May lang luke oure the schipless Seis Befoir her mate appears.
1786 S. Rogers Ode Superstit. i. iii The shipless main.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 45 Its deserted Exchange, its idle quays, and shipless harbour.
1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy i. 79 Safe over shipless seas.
2. Possessing no ships; deprived of one's ship or ships.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adjective] > not having ship(s)
unshipped1720
shipless1808
1808 T. Moore Sceptic vi Let shipless Danes and whining Yankees dwell On naval rights, with Grotius and Vattel.
1819 Ld. Byron Ode on Venice ii The dashing of the spring-tide foam, That drives the sailor shipless to his home.
1904 Pilot 9 Apr. 324/1 The wounded and shipless crews of the Variag and the Korietz.
Derivatives
ˈshiplessly adv. without the aid of a ship.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adverb] > without the aid of a ship
shiplessly1865
1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 118 Forth to the green~sodded Wilds of Ierne Shiplessly, steedlessly Takes he his journey.
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