a. [f. SNOW sb.1 Cf. G. schneelos, Da. sneløs, Sw. snölös, etc.] Free from snow; characterized by the absence of snow.
1828–32. Webster (citing Tooke).
1860. Tyndall, Glac., II. iv. 249. A belt, below which, in summer, snowless valleys and plains would extend.
1885. Sarah Orne Jewett, in Harper’s Mag., LXX. 206/2. It was a black and snowless winter until late in January.
1887. Ruskin, Præterita, II. 395. The higher summits by midsummer are snowless.
