a. [f. BARK sb.1 + -LESS.] Devoid or stripped of bark.
1604. Drayton, Moses, II. Wks. (1753), 1593 (R.).
| | The trees all barkless nakedly are left |
| Like people stript of things that they did wear. |
1817. Byron, Manfred, I. ii. 67. Blasted pines … barkless, branchless.
