braless, a.
(ˈbrɑːlɪs)
Also bra-less.
[f. bra n.1 + -less.]
a. Of a woman: without a brassière; not wearing a bra. Also absol.
| 1964 Women's Wear Daily 27 Nov. 16/1 Now there's a bra-slip for the bra-less..and watch the notion of double-duty fashion underlings grow. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Mar. 26/6 A report from Iowa State University indicated the majority of coeds there do not intend to go braless. 1979 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 21/2 Trouble flared after the arrest of a bra-less woman. 1986 M. Howard Expensive Habits 168 Braless, breathless, her shirt stretched tight as though she is forever running against the wind. |
b. Of the breasts: not supported or covered by a bra.
| 1967 Guardian 5 Aug. 7/4 It was Poiret who first got women out of corsets, revealed bra-less bosoms. 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Experiments (1976) ii. 161 Wriggling her braless tits against me, she puppy-lapped me with wet sloppy kisses. 1985 ‘J. Ross’ Burial Deferred xxxi. 161 A white T-shirt that stretched tautly over her bra-less breasts. |
Hence ˈbralessness n.
| 1973 Black World May 75/1 The low-cut tops, bralessness and brief skirts..worn by many American girls..are not appreciated by Africans. 1984 National Law Jrnl. 13 Aug. 47/3 Ms. BeSaw made repeated attempts to board the plane, even borrowing clothing from passengers to cover up her bralessness, says the lawyer, but they failed. |