barkless

English

Etymology

From bark +‎ -less.

Adjective

barkless (not comparable)

1. Without bark (the tree covering).
2. (of a dog) That does not bark.
   • 2008 May 11, Maggie Scarf, “The Fog of Love”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:

     Pearlie has managed to acquire a phone that purrs, but doesn’t ring; she has found a breed of barkless dog; she censors the newspapers by cutting out upsetting articles.

Derived terms

• barklessness

Translations

without tree covering

• Finnish: kaarnaton (fi), tuoheton
• German: rindenlos (de)
• Polish: bez kory