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scutcheonless

scutcheonless adjective: without any scutcheons; unshielded.

Adjective

scutcheonless (not comparable)

  1. Without any scutcheons; unshielded.
    • The residence which Mr. Prodgers shared with several of his fellow-pupils, was situated in a small street lying somewhere between Burton Crescent and Gray's Inn Road, of a modest and unassuming appearance, with a triad of names upon the door-post, surmounted by bell-knobs, and a scutcheonless hole...1844, Albert Richard Smith, The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury and His Friend Jack Johnson

Origin of scutcheonless

From scutcheon + -less.

Questions about scutcheonless

What does scutcheonless mean?
Scutcheonless means without any scutcheons; unshielded.
What part of speech is scutcheonless?
Scutcheonless is an adjective.

Words near scutcheonless in the dictionary

  1. scutch grass
  2. scutch grasses
  3. scutched
  4. scutcheon
  5. scutcheoned
  6. scutcheonless
  7. scutcheons
  8. scutcher
  9. scutchers
  10. scutches
  11. scutchin

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