a. [f. LOCK sb.2 + -LESS.] Having no lock (in various senses of LOCK sb.2).

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1591.  Florio, 2nd Fruites, 99. In a lockles cheast, no man will shake his bag.

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1746–74.  D. Graham, Metr. Hist. Rebell., i. Wks. 1883, I. 87. With lockless guns and rusty swords.

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1821.  Byron, Juan, III. lxxi. One large gold bracelet clasp’d each lovely arm, Lockless.

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1884.  Hamerton, Hum. Interc., xxiv. Thrust into a lockless drawer.

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