unwalledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɔːld/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɔld/, /ˌənˈwɑld/ Not furnished with, or defended by, a wall.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > open or not enclosed > by a fence, wall, gate, etc.
unwalledc1450
undefenced1607
unpaled1607
unfenced1608
grateless1807
gateless1817
wall-less1849
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 114 Slowthe makyth þe as a cyte vnwallyd.
1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Arabia The townes ar vnwalled, bycause the people doo alwaye lyue in peace.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiii. i. 255 The citie..laie then vn~walled.
1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. 31 There was onely so much of this straight vnwalled, as might serue for the issuing of the horsemen.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 336 China has no fewer than..2000 wall'd Townes; 4000 unwalled.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 14 The soul now dwells in an unwalled, unfortifyed city.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 232 An unwalled town called Islington.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 377 Cities unwall'd stand sparkling to the sun.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xviii. 29 The round unwalled horizon of the open sea.
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