chainless

English

Etymology

From chain +‎ -less.

Adjective

chainless (not comparable)

1. Without a chain.

   A chainless bicycle transmits power to the driven wheel through a mechanism other than a metal chain.

   • 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:

     First dentistry was painless;
     Then bicycles were chainless
     And carriages were horseless
     And many laws, enforceless.

Derived terms

• chainlessness

Related terms

• unchained