drumless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

drum +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

drumless (not comparable)

  1. Without a drum.
    • 1948, Edgar MacNaughton, Elementary steam power engineering:
      These boilers use small tubes and in many cases are drumless.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 262:
      Ray and his diminished Camino cluster, bass-less and drum-less, nonetheless put on a fine show.