curtainless

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English

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Etymology

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From curtain +‎ -less.

Adjective

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curtainless (not comparable)

  1. Without curtains.
    • 1973 December 22, Jonathan M. Cross, “The Fag In The Fifth Row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 5:
      Richard Ferrer and Spencer Mosse have wrapped the show in vivid brass poles and ladder/cages on a sleek, multi-leveled, curtainless stage.
    • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 196:
      Every time lightning flashed through the curtainless window glass, thunder shaking the building, one of the guys down the hall would scream, `IT'S ALIVE'.

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