coatless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat 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 coatless From coat + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a coat; not wearing a coat.
But since the first family arrived here in March, coatless and stunned to find what appeared to be a cold desert of leafless trees, the city has become a beacon to other Gatumba survivors around the country.
2007 August 5, Nina Bernstein, “Safe From Persecution, Still Bearing Its Scars”, in New York Times:He was coatless and his thumbs were hooked negligently in a leather belt, thereby negativing a tendency to balance himself on an inclined plane backwards.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62: