barkless

English

Etymology

bark +‎ -less

Adjective

barkless (not comparable)

1. Without bark (the tree covering).
2. (of a dog) That does not bark.
   • 2008 May 11, Maggie Scarf, “The Fog of Love”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Pearlie has managed to acquire a phone that purrs, but doesn’t ring; she has found a breed of barkless dog; she censors the newspapers by cutting out upsetting articles.

Derived terms

• barklessness

 

Translations

without tree covering

• Finnish: kaarnaton (fi), tuoheton
• German: rindenlos (de)
• Polish: bez kory