beamless

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beam +‎ -less

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beamless (not comparable)

  1. Not having a beam.
    • 2017, Yijiu Jin, Islam, page 7:
      [] a trend of beamless construction that became a norm of Islamic buildings.
  2. Not emitting light.
    • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. []”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. [], volume I, London: Edward Moxon [], published 1839, →OCLC, page 211:
      Then up a steep and dark and narrow stair
      We wound, until the torches’ fiery tongue
      Amid the gushing day beamless and pallid hung.

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