coatless
adjEtymology From coat + -less.
1
Without a coat; not wearing a coat.
- He was coatless and his thumbs were hooked negligently in a leather belt, thereby negativing a tendency to balance himself on an inclined plane backwards.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:
- But since the first family arrived here in March, coatless and stunned to find what appeared to be a cold desert of leafless trees, the city has become a beacon to other Gatumba survivors around the country.2007 August 5, Nina Bernstein, “Safe From Persecution, Still Bearing Its Scars”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- coatlessness