a. rare. [f. CLAPPER sb.1 + -LESS.] Without a clapper.

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1836.  Sydney Gaz., 7 June, 4/2. The Silent System, with those forbidden to ‘cry the streets’ is excellent, with the muzzled donkey, the clapperless bell, [etc.].

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1861.  Bp. G. Smith, Ten Weeks in Japan, xi. 158. The temple-bell was clapperless.

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