English edit

Etymology edit

chain +‎ -less

Adjective edit

chainless (not comparable)

  1. Without a chain.
    A chainless bicycle transmits power to the driven wheel through a mechanism other than a metal chain.
    • 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:
      First dentistry was painless;
      Then bicycles were chainless
      And carriages were horseless
      And many laws, enforceless.