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barless

barless adjective: lacking bars or a bar.

Adjective

barless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking bars or a bar.
    • The French have re-occupied a fort twenty miles up the pretty barless river, the outlet of a great lagoon; it was abandoned during the Prusso-Gallic war.1883, Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II
    • Such an ardour possessed the men for the fight that in some it reached the pitch of fear lest they should arrive too late upon the battlefield and receive only a barless medal.1922, Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts, The Story of the "9th King's" in France

Origin of barless

From bar + -less.

Words formed from barless

Questions about barless

What does barless mean?
Barless means lacking bars or a bar.
What part of speech is barless?
Barless is an adjective.

Words near barless in the dictionary

  1. Barle
  2. barleeid
  3. barleeids
  4. barlens
  5. barlenses
  6. barless
  7. barlessness
  8. Barlett
  9. Barletta
  10. Barletta-Andria-Trani
  11. Barletts

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