Definition of Tackless

1. having no tacks [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tackless

tackify
tackifying
tackily
tackiness
tackinesses
tacking
tacking up
tackings
tackle fall
tackle twill
tackled
tackler
tacklers
tackles
tackless (current term)
tackling
tacklings
tacks
tacks up
tacksman
tacksmen
tacky
tacnode
tacnodes
taco salad
taco sauce
tacolike
taconic

Literary usage of Tackless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vaudeville Theatre, Building, Operation, Management by Edward Renton (1918)
"The covering is then fastened to the back with what is known as "tack and gimp" or concealed or tackless fastening. In "tack and gimp" fastening, ..."

2. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"When installing wall-to-wall carpet without tacks, installers first fasten a tackless strip to the floor, next to the wall. They then install the padded ..."

3. The Speaker (1910)
"... dinner at my house, an' he's beholden to me more than that, for they say that I gev him the idee for one of the characters in his novel — Mrs. tackless. ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"With tackless care On chosen hair, March fly and minnow tender, We shall invite The scaly wight To eye them and surrender. " And when out-worn Well seek ..."

5. Annual Report on the Statistics of Manufactures by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics (1899)
"Sprague began manufacture of the Wood tackless Lasting Machine, the invention of Mrs. Julia R. Wood. AM Niles Shoe Co. moved to Springfield, Vt. October. ..."

6. Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations by Robert Blakey, John Russell Smith (1856)
"With tackless care On chosen hair, March fly and minnow tender, We shall invite The scaly wight To eye them and surrender. And when out-worn We'll seek some ..."

7. Literature of Sea and River Fishing by John Jackson Manley (1883)
"With tackless care On chosen hair, March fly and minnow tender, We shall invite The scaly wight To eye them and surrender. And when out-worn We'll seek some ..."

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