kitlessadj.
Having no kit (kit n.1 2b); without (adequate, suitable) clothing. The definitions in the work cited in quot. 1846 are often unsatisfactory; it nevertheless seems to provide a genuine example of the sense defined above.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > poorly or insufficiently dressed
single1380
narrow clotheda1450
misdight1597
underclad1622
underclothed1890
parish rigged1899
kitless1936
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 123/2 Kitless, a bare, naked fellow.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep ix. 160 [He] went off with the women..to look after her wardrobe, for she also was kit-less.
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adj.1846