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  • adjective Without a parapet.

Etymologies

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parapet +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Finally, we came down to the banks of the Erenik and a great seven-arched stone bridge, the usual parapetless, steep, narrow Turkish bridge, whose bold elegance of design makes one pardon the fact that it can be used only by foot passengers, and is very inconvenient even for them.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • He had to pass along a short home-made road, and over a low parapetless bridge constructed simply of four tree-trunks laid parallel and covered with turf.

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

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