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单词 wall-less
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wall-lessadj.

Brit. /ˈwɔːlləs/, U.S. /ˈwɔl(l)əs/, /ˈwɑl(l)əs/
Etymology: < wall n.1 + -less suffix.
Having no wall.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > open or not enclosed > by a fence, wall, gate, etc.
unwalledc1450
undefenced1607
unpaled1607
unfenced1608
grateless1807
gateless1817
wall-less1849
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur vii. lxii And wall-less towns secure, Rise from the donjon sites of antique days.
1863 Life in South II. 156 We were roasted by the stove on one side, and frozen through our wall-less tenement on the other.
1912 Macalister Hist. & Civiliz. Palestine viii. 97 The walled cities are being deserted, and people are settling instead in wall-less villages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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