a. [f. STIRRUP sb. + -LESS.] Without stirrups.
c. 1430. Syr Gener. (Roxb.), 7270. Ageyn dressed him [Generides] Without bridel and stiroples.
1613. J. Taylor (Water P.), Laugh & be fat, Wks. (1630), II. 70/2. Thy riding Stirroplesse.
1836. Mrs. Ann. S. Stephens, in Monmouth Democrat, 7 July, 1/4. The kind farmer settled himself on his meal-bag, and admonishing his horse with his stirrupless foot trotted leisurely toward home.
1879. Beerbohm, Patagonia, 98. I had to ride stirrupless back to Santa Cruz.
