stockless

American  

[stok-lis] / ˈstɒk lɪs /

adjective

1. having no stock, as an anchor.

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Etymology

Origin of stockless

First recorded in 1885–90; stock + -less

Example Sentences

This said, if your freezer is stockless, just use what’s easy to come by.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2020

With the saddle kit were the troop carbine and revolver, Blakely's personal arms being now but stockless tubes of seared and blistered steel.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic

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.

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)

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