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jointless, a.|ˈdʒɔɪntlɪs|
[f. joint n. + -less.]
a. Without joints, or the use of joints; having no joints, stiff, rigid.
1559W. Baldwin in Mirr. Mag. To Rdr., Looking for his strong jointless olyphants. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 500 Your knees..are ioyntlesse and Elephant-like in your obedience unto his precepts. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. viii. 38 ‘Let me die here’, were her words, remaining jointless and immovable. 1867Nat. Encycl. I. 92 The pods are jointless.
b. In one piece; without a seam or joint of any kind.
1909Prosp. Rubber-Tanned Leather Co. 2 May, Automobile tyres in seamless and jointless bands. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §571 ‘Composition’ or jointless floors. |