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Definition of Backless
1. Adjective. Lacking a back. "A stool is a backless and armless seat"
Definition of Backless
1. a. Without a back.
Definition of Backless
1. Adjective. having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backless
1. having no back [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backless
Literary usage of Backless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parish Life in Mediæval England by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1907)
"... especially as from some of the accounts backless BENCHES, CAWSTON, NORFOLK it
is evident that the seats were first made with money obtained at special ..."
2. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"backless. Eye downturned, opened wide, deeply set at inner corners. ... backless.
Added: top of headdress. Front of polos pierced for suspension. ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"The same with backless ; but pron. in Ettr. For. in a guttural way, ... backless,
adj. 1. Useless ; silly ; feeble ; good for nothing; as, "tact-fen mortal ..."
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