English

Adjective

carpetless ‎(not comparable)

1. Not carpeted
   • 1883, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Life on the Mississippi, Part 9:

     Presently a sudden silence fell upon the grumbling audience, and everybody's eyes sought a single point--the wide, empty, carpetless stage.

   • 1898, Annie Fellows Johnston, The Giant Scissors:

     The little bare feet made no noise on the carpetless floor.

   • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days:

     His parlor was dingy and carpetless; one could smell distinctly there the vow of poverty.