a. Without a carpet.
1825. W. Nichols, Ess. & Misc. Writ. (1826), 122. A plain bed, without curtains or valances, one table covered with books and another with papers, and three or four chairs, would form a complete inventory of the furniture in the carpetless office of the chief justice.
1835. Fraser’s Mag., XII. 631/2. Where in spite of carpetless floors and primitive inconveniences, they could dine and dance.
1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xiv. (C. D. ed.), 100. The common stairs of this mansion were bare and carpetless.
