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

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 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

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