stocklessadj.
/ˈstɒklɪs/ 1. Without a stock; spec. of an anchor.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adjective] > attributes of anchor
unstocked1388
fluky1718
fluked1831
stockless1886
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes
buttless1828
self-cocking1837
belt size1858
stockless1886
sawed-off1898
multibarrel1899
multi-barrelled1907
sawn-off1915
1886 St. James's Gaz. 14 Jan. 6/2 He fired off his stockless gun.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 5 July 1/2 Stockless anchors.
1909 Light Keeper June 3 The use of stockless anchors has now become universal in the mercantile marine.
2. Without agricultural stock.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > unstocked or understocked
understocked1670
unstocked1697
cattleless1851
sheepless1868
stockless1901
1901 Scotsman 16 Apr. 8/3 The conclusion of the campaign will find the conquered colonies practically stockless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.1886