a. [f. JOIST sb.1 + -LESS.] Having no joists.
1861. Bp. Smith, Ten Weeks Japan, xix. 273. The houses … were … joistless structures unfastened with clamps and ligatures at the angles.
a. [f. JOIST sb.1 + -LESS.] Having no joists.
1861. Bp. Smith, Ten Weeks Japan, xix. 273. The houses … were … joistless structures unfastened with clamps and ligatures at the angles.
