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Without laces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Qualifier: basketballs
Examples
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinafore torn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English lace Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English laceless From lace + -less.