locklessadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɒkləs/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkləs/

Forms: see lock n.² and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.², -less suffix.

Etymology: < lock n.² + -less suffix.

Lacking a lock or locks (in various senses of lock n.²).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > of gates, doors, windows, etc. > not locked or bolted, or without a lock

unlocked1454

unboltedc1580

lockless1591

latched1693

unpadlocked1846

boltless1902

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 99 In a lockles cheast, no man will shake his bag.

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 13 [Prodigalitie] is a great vessell bottomelesse, a big chest locklesse.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. i. 90 Where the seat should be, appeared only..a lockless portmanteau-trunk.

1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) i. 9 With lockless guns, and rusty swords.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxi. 38 One large gold bracelet clasp'd each lovely arm, Lockless.

1884 P. G. Hamerton Human Intercourse xxiv. 357 Thrust into a lockless drawer.

1938 Life 24 Oct. 37/2 A lockless canal that would join the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and cut 10,000 miles off the route to India.

1991 D. Richler Kicking Tomorrow ix. 136 He leans with one foot braced back against the lockless door.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lockless
释义	locklessadj. Brit. /ˈlɒkləs/, U.S. /ˈlɑkləs/ Forms: see lock n.² and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.², -less suffix. Etymology: < lock n.² + -less suffix. Lacking a lock or locks (in various senses of lock n.²). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > of gates, doors, windows, etc. > not locked or bolted, or without a lock unlocked1454 unboltedc1580 lockless1591 latched1693 unpadlocked1846 boltless1902 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 99 In a lockles cheast, no man will shake his bag. 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 13 [Prodigalitie] is a great vessell bottomelesse, a big chest locklesse. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. i. 90 Where the seat should be, appeared only..a lockless portmanteau-trunk. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) i. 9 With lockless guns, and rusty swords. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxi. 38 One large gold bracelet clasp'd each lovely arm, Lockless. 1884 P. G. Hamerton Human Intercourse xxiv. 357 Thrust into a lockless drawer. 1938 Life 24 Oct. 37/2 A lockless canal that would join the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and cut 10,000 miles off the route to India. 1991 D. Richler Kicking Tomorrow ix. 136 He leans with one foot braced back against the lockless door. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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