spurlessadj.

/ˈspəːlɪs/

Forms: Also Middle English sporeles, Middle English sporles.

Etymology: < spur n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare German spornlos.

1. Lacking a spur; having no spurs. Also in figurative context.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > spurless

spurlessa1300

a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 71 Thou shalt ride sporeles o thy lyard.

c1400 Pilg. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) v. x. 101 There come pryke forthe sporles Humylyte and ranne ageyne pryde.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 266 Digging at the sides of his mule with his spurless heels.1880 in Mrs. Power O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback (1881) 251 A spurless boot.

2. Of birds or their legs: Devoid of spurs.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of legs > having particular kind legs

spurless1819

stilted1869

1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 243 Argus:..the tarsi spurless: the tail ascending.

1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 141 Bill and spurless legs less stout.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 A hornless stag or spurless cock.

3. Botany. Having no spur or calcar.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > having or not having a spur or calcar

unguiculate1802

spurred1824

calcarate1830

spurless1839

clawed1872

bicalcarate1876

1839 J. Lindley School Bot. iv. 36 Petals 4;..two convex and spurless.

1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Spurless-violet, the plant Erpeton reniformis.

1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 196 Spurless Coral root.

4. Of branches: Destitute of fruiting-spurs.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or having branch(es) > without spurs

spurless1869

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 122 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV These long, spurless branches can be thinned out by removing them entirely.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spurless
释义	spurlessadj. /ˈspəːlɪs/ Forms: Also Middle English sporeles, Middle English sporles. Etymology: < spur n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare German spornlos. 1. Lacking a spur; having no spurs. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > spurless spurlessa1300 a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 71 Thou shalt ride sporeles o thy lyard. c1400 Pilg. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) v. x. 101 There come pryke forthe sporles Humylyte and ranne ageyne pryde. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 266 Digging at the sides of his mule with his spurless heels.1880 in Mrs. Power O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback (1881) 251 A spurless boot. 2. Of birds or their legs: Devoid of spurs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of legs > having particular kind legs spurless1819 stilted1869 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 243 Argus:..the tarsi spurless: the tail ascending. 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 141 Bill and spurless legs less stout. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 A hornless stag or spurless cock. 3. Botany. Having no spur or calcar. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > having or not having a spur or calcar unguiculate1802 spurred1824 calcarate1830 spurless1839 clawed1872 bicalcarate1876 1839 J. Lindley School Bot. iv. 36 Petals 4;..two convex and spurless. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Spurless-violet, the plant Erpeton reniformis. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 196 Spurless Coral root. 4. Of branches: Destitute of fruiting-spurs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or having branch(es) > without spurs spurless1869 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 122 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV These long, spurless branches can be thinned out by removing them entirely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1300
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