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rustless

American  
[ruhst-lis] / ˈrʌst lɪs /

adjective

  1. free from rust.

  2. rustproof.


Etymology

Origin of rustless

First recorded in 1835–45; rust + -less

Example Sentences

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Continual assaults with heavy axes, hammers have no visible effect on the shiny, rustless panels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mercury has lavish, rustless steel grilles, widely flared fenders protected by heavy bumpers.

From Time Magazine Archive

It should be suspended by rustless black chains and eyebolts passing through the lower rails.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)

The sights of his rifle showed clean as the rustless barrel rested on a log.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

Rustless, life-born, living-tissued old wood: rustless as flesh is rustless, and happy-seeming as iron never can be.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)