beamless
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beamless (not comparable)
- Not having a beam.
- 2017, Yijiu Jin, Islam, page 7:
- […] a trend of beamless construction that became a norm of Islamic buildings.
- Not emitting light.
- 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 211:
- Then up a steep and dark and narrow stair
We wound, until the torches’ fiery tongue
Amid the gushing day beamless and pallid hung.
Translations[edit]
not emitting light
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