spikeless en · ADJ
Etymology
From spike + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a spike or spikes.
Yet on islands in the Indian Ocean that lack insouciant ramblers and rapacious herbivores the palms are spikeless – just as birds on islands that traditionally had no humans or cats tend to be tame[…]
2006, Colin Tudge, The Secret Life of Trees:As the leader in spikeless golf shoes, we have what you want.
1998, Golf Journal, volumes 51-52, page 120: