[f. BIT sb.1 8 + -LESS.] Not having a bit.
1605. Sylvester, Du Bartas (1621), 102. The … bit-less Horse I ride.
1859. Blackw. Mag., Sept., 270/1. With his bitless halter. Ibid., 271/1. The Anazeh, bitless, and almost reinless.
