towerlessadj.
Without a tower; devoid of towers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
toweredc1400
quartered1591
towery-topped1602
spired1610
towery1611
well-roofed1656
steepled1711
gable-ended1789
towerlessc1820
apteral1833
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [adjective] > defended by towers > not
towerlessc1820
c1820 S. Rogers Campagna of Florence in Italy 201 Towerless, and left long since, but to the last Braving assault.
1886 G. T. Stokes Ireland & Celtic Church (1888) xii. 238 The earliest Christian churches..were utterly towerless.
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adj.c1820