rustless

[ ruhst-lis ]

adjective

1. free from rust.
2. rustproof.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rustless¹

First recorded in 1835–45; rust + -less

Example Sentences

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

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For they contain rustless iron, and where iron does not rust man cannot live, nor can any other animal or any plant.

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

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

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That is to say, it must be unkinked, rustless, and unscored.

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