a. [f. TIE sb. + -LESS.] Without a tie; wearing no neck-tie.
1888. Tribune (Scranton, PA), 17 June, 7/4. Seen the new tieless railroad? It’s simple as rolling out of bed. The rail is its own sill.
1890. Philadelphia Inquirer, 14 May, 4/5. The woman with a large head and a broad face should be extremely careful that she does not adopt a tieless bonnet of miniature proportions.
1903. W. Churchill, Crisis, II. ii. Every gentleman … collarless, coatless, tieless and vestless.
1907. Westm. Gaz., 21 March, 2/1. His head was bare, and he was tieless.
