steamlessadj.
/ˈstiːmlɪs/ Without steam; that has run out of steam or is not propelled by steam. Also of a railway: not carrying steam-engines.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [adjective] > of or relating to steam vessels > not propelled by steam
steamless1920
the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > relating to or consisting of steam > emitting steam > not
steamless1967
society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [adjective] > types of railway
narrow-gauge1844
worked1862
switchback1887
multitracked1931
steamless1970
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 573/2 The N.T.O. insisted on placing the skipper of the steamless tug under arrest.
1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 49 Steamless inlet, a device to reduce the amount of steam produced in filling a bath with hot water.
1970 Railway Mag. Oct. 544/2 My old room facing the now steamless railway.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1920