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Definition of Floorless
1. a. Having no floor.
Definition of Floorless
1. Adjective. Lacking a floor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floorless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floorless
Literary usage of Floorless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1865)
"Three years ago, the little church at Jih-z-kong, of seven members, met in a
windowless and floorless room to worship the true God ; and now more than three ..."
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"They saw a weed-grown, floorless room, unplastered, an ancient fireplace, vacant
windows, a ruinous staircase; and here, there, and everywhere, ..."
3. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"The floorless, tumble-down cabin was a palace, the ragged gray blankets silk,
the furniture rosewood and mahogany. Each new splendor that burst out of my ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1897)
"The floorless coops are very satisfactory during periods when the ground is dry,
as they are easily cleaned by removing them to a fresh bit of ground every ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"They saw a weed- grown, floorless room, unplastered, an ancient fireplace, vacant
windows, a ruinous staircase; and here, there, and everywhere, ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Down in a big, floorless mow was a large eared, short tusked elephant with one
leg chained to a heavy stake, placidly rocking back and forth on its ..."
7. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... in a neighboring cellar, thirty feet by sixteen, a floorless hole, thirty men
and women paid ten cents a night for lodging—$1000 a year. ..."
8. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... of the houses were low hovels, with glassless windows, often floorless.
Women were shy, hiding forehead and chin in ..."
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