Tackless vs Backless - What's the difference?
tackless | backless |
having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
* 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
(of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin
As adjectives the difference between tackless and backless
is that tackless is without tacks while backless is having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses.backless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a backless surgical gown
- The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...