1611. Shaks., Cymb., I. vi. 178. The loue I beare him, Made me to fan you thus, but the Gods made you (Vnlike all others) chaffelesse.
1815. Botanical Register, I. 28 b, note. A vertical section of the calyx, showing the pitted chaffless receptacle of the flower after the florets and germens are removed.
1851. ‘Dow Jr.,’ in Camden Phenix, 22 April, 1/2. Paradise,… where the wheat is gathered chaffless.
1856. Whittier, What of the Day? 30. The threshing-floor, Flailed by the thunder, heaped with chaffless grain!
