powderless en · ADJ
Etymology
From powder + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without the use or presence of powder.
a powderless etching
powderless gloves
Jeanne sucked back air in a gasp; the ravaged face of this pretty woman, powderless, splotched, and tearstained, one she had known for a lifetime, was frightening.
2009, Donna Russo Morin, chapter 17, in The Courtier’s Secret, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing, →ISBN:powderless ammunition