barklessadj.1
/ˈbɑːklɪs/ Devoid or stripped of bark.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of skin, husk, or bark > stripped of bark
spoiledc1515
barkless1604
barked1611
disbarked1657
bark-bared1707
1604 M. Drayton Moyses ii. 51 The trees all barckles nakedly are left.
1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. ii. 67 Blasted pines..barkless, branchless.
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barklessadj.2
/ˈbɑːklɪs/ Having no bark: applied to a dog which rarely or never barks.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that barks > that does not bark
unbarking1833
barkless1938
1938 Tail-Wagger May 172/1 About four years ago the Basenji or Congo Dog was introduced into England... The breed is barkless, being mute.
1950 A. C. Smith About our Dogs xxiii. 353 The interest aroused by the ‘Barkless Dogs’ revealed the fact that one was exhibited at Crufts in 1895.
1957 B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Domest. Dog ix. 181 The Basenji. First introduced..in 1934, and widely known as the ‘barkless dog’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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