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Sackless vs Backless - What's the difference?

sackless | backless |

As adjectives the difference between sackless and backless

is that sackless is (provincial|northern england|poetic|or|archaic) blameless, guiltless, innocent while backless is having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses.

sackless

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (Scottish)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (provincial, Northern England, poetic, or, archaic) Blameless, guiltless, innocent.
  • *1838 : Walter Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: with the author's introductions and notes
  • *:[...] And where that sackless knight lies slain,
  • *:The candles will burn bright.
  • *1900 : Eiríkur Magnússon, William Morris, The Story of Grettir the Strong
  • *:[...] and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless.

    • Usage notes

    Though otherwise dated, the word sackless is still used in translations of the Old Norse / Old Icelandic sagas and related contexts.

    References

    *Northumberland Words , Oliver Heslop and Harry Haldane, 1894 .

    backless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
    • a backless surgical gown
  • * 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
    • The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...
  • (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin