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pulleyless

pulleyless adjective: without a pulley.

Adjective

pulleyless (not comparable)

  1. Without a pulley.
    • The drawing-room of the tenement mentioned just now, with its pictures, and pulleyless windows, and lockless doors, was tenanted by a friend who lodged there with a sick wife and a couple of little children, one of whom was an infant in arms.1843, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “Cork”, in The Irish Sketch Book, London; Glasgow: Collins’ Clear-type Press, →OCLC, pages 101–102

Origin of pulleyless

From pulley + -less.

Questions about pulleyless

What does pulleyless mean?
Pulleyless means without a pulley.
What part of speech is pulleyless?
Pulleyless is an adjective.

Words near pulleyless in the dictionary

  1. pulley shells
  2. pulley-plough
  3. Pulleyblank
  4. pulleyed
  5. pulleying
  6. pulleyless
  7. pulleylike
  8. pulleys
  9. pulli
  10. Pulliam
  11. Pulliams

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