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Meanings of roofless in English

Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.

Related terms

Not having a roof.

Usage of roofless in English
1
Many of the houses left roofless The two-storey houses have several rooms.
The South African
2
Rents in the roofless walls of unoccupied houses stared at the passer-by.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
3
Fate guided him to the very doorway of the great roofless chamber.
The Return of Tarzan
4
He lifted his clenched hand toward the sky overshadowing the roofless walls.
And Thus He Came: A Christmas Fantasy
5
Really it was nothing more than a roofless annex of the Palace.
The system of the world
6
Call took the dun down to the roofless barn and unsaddled him.
Lonesome dove
7
All that remained of the old house was a jagged, roofless shell.
The Asylum
8
The windows and archways of St. Mary's Chapel are beautiful, although roofless.
What to See in England / A Guide to Places of Historic Interest,...
9
Some sections of the stone walls, including the roofless commandant's house, escaped destruction.
Full Circle
10
But many of the houses were left roofless and without doors and windows.
The South African
11
There were many roofless cottages standing here and there in the wide clearings.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
12
Yara was down the far end of the roofless hall, looking around frantically.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
13
There was a well and a great empty roofless wooden structure.
Rite of Passage
14
The upper rooms were all roofless and open to the air.
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus
15
Eighteen wounded men lay side by side in a roofless hut.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
16
So don't be fooled into thinking the Dawn is merely a roofless Wraith.
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