springless

English

Etymology

spring +‎ -less

Adjective

springless (not comparable)

  1. Without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).
    • 1939 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 27:
      […] Nos. 6166 and 6168 were fitted with Caprotti valves in 1929, and 6167 with a new springless type in 1938; […]
    • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 11,
      All the movements of the man and the woman were slow and steady; their springless feet padded flatly; their backs and shoulders were straight.
  2. Without the season of spring.
    a springless year
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