shaftless
- a word derived from shaft.
Example Sentences
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Outside there is a shaftless cross of Celtic appearance, but not supposed to be Celtic in origin, though it certainly may have been adapted from a Celtic original.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
In the present instance his irony was shaftless, being understood.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne
Down the rocky road went the flying host, with 'their shaftless, broken bows' closely followed by the avenging foe with 'red pursuing spear.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
Flock wise following chosen leaders, Like the shaftless heads of arrows Southward cleaving through the ether, Soon the wild geese followed after.
From Legends of the Northwest by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
This in itself might have been of small avail to me, but over its white face was marked a long thin V, which shot swiftly across like a shaftless arrow.
From Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
