Definitions

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  • adjective Without a reel.

Etymologies

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reel +‎ -less

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Examples

  • So moving the reel was found of little service because the rapidly moving machine caused the severed straws to fall backward on the platform so that the raker had little to do but to remove it, except where it was particularly badly lodged; in such cases he manipulated his rake as it is now used on all reelless reaping machines. "

    Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap Various

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