buttlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtləs/, U.S.

/ˈbətləs/

Forms: 1800s butless, 1800s– buttless.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.⁶, -less suffix.

Etymology: < butt n.⁶ + -less suffix.

Without a butt (in various senses of the noun); spec. (a) (of a rifle or other object) without a butt (butt n.⁶ 1) or thicker end; (b) (of a person) having small buttocks.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes

buttless1828

self-cocking1837

belt size1858

stockless1886

sawed-off1898

multibarrel1899

multi-barrelled1907

sawn-off1915

1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 300 Butless, lockless..though thou [sc. a gun] be'st.

1921 Textiles Mar. 25/1 Types of knitting machines utilizing buttless needles.

1976 Times 19 June 15/7 Just 25 years ago just such a buttless rifle designed at Enfield was rejected in favour of the FN rifle tied to the large United States inspired Nato round.

1997 Panama City (Florida) News-Herald 17 Mar. d7/2 This went on all through high school where I remained buttless, hipless, and flat-chested.

2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 These top-heavy buttless wonders wouldn't turn any heads in Rio where surgery ‘takes place below the waist’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	buttless
释义	buttlessadj. Brit. /ˈbʌtləs/, U.S. /ˈbətləs/ Forms: 1800s butless, 1800s– buttless. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.⁶, -less suffix. Etymology: < butt n.⁶ + -less suffix. Without a butt (in various senses of the noun); spec. (a) (of a rifle or other object) without a butt (butt n.⁶ 1) or thicker end; (b) (of a person) having small buttocks. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes buttless1828 self-cocking1837 belt size1858 stockless1886 sawed-off1898 multibarrel1899 multi-barrelled1907 sawn-off1915 1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 300 Butless, lockless..though thou [sc. a gun] be'st. 1921 Textiles Mar. 25/1 Types of knitting machines utilizing buttless needles. 1976 Times 19 June 15/7 Just 25 years ago just such a buttless rifle designed at Enfield was rejected in favour of the FN rifle tied to the large United States inspired Nato round. 1997 Panama City (Florida) News-Herald 17 Mar. d7/2 This went on all through high school where I remained buttless, hipless, and flat-chested. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 These top-heavy buttless wonders wouldn't turn any heads in Rio where surgery ‘takes place below the waist’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1828
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