stockless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stockless
Example Sentences
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This said, if your freezer is stockless, just use what’s easy to come by.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
It was U75's only chance, but it left her with only a small stockless kedge-anchor and chain, insufficient to withstand a heavy strain.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
The Myra had no stockless anchors, but those of the old Admiralty pattern.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
With this Parthian shaft of humor he vanished towards the forecastle, whence the ubiquitous donkey-boiler, through one of its long arms, would shoot forth the stockless anchors at the touch of a lever.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
With a sullen roar, intensified by the confined space, the stockless anchor was released from its "housing" at the for'ard end of the keel.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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