English edit

Etymology edit

carpet +‎ -less

Adjective edit

carpetless (not comparable)

  1. Not carpeted
    • 1883, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Life on the Mississippi, Part 9[1]:
      Presently a sudden silence fell upon the grumbling audience, and everybody's eyes sought a single point--the wide, empty, carpetless stage.
    • 1898, Annie Fellows Johnston, The Giant Scissors[2]:
      The little bare feet made no noise on the carpetless floor.
    • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days[3]:
      His parlor was dingy and carpetless; one could smell distinctly there the vow of poverty.