barless
- a word derived from bar.
Example Sentences
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According to a 2015 video released by the Cincinnati Zoo, Harambe’s home was “the world’s first barless outdoor gorilla exhibit” when it opened in 1978.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016
While it now seems this decades-old decision doomed Harambe, at the time of construction, the barless design was likely praised as a more “humane” way to house captive animals.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016
It’s an odd adjective under the circumstances: Animals don’t care about bars—they care about boundaries, and even barless enclosures limit their range.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016
He built some of the country's first barless enclosures, and kept his buildings spotlessly clean.
From Time Magazine Archive
The French have re-occupied a fort twenty miles up the pretty barless river, the outlet of a great lagoon; it was abandoned during the Prusso-Gallic war.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
