Without a bow; lacking a bow-shaped front or a bowknot.
From 'bow' + '-less' (suffix meaning without). This straightforward negation form has been used since at least the 16th century to describe objects lacking bow features.
You'd rarely hear someone describe a ship as 'bowless,' but if you did, it would mean something has gone catastrophically wrong—the bow is so essential to a ship's identity that its absence seems almost incomprehensible!
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