Without a car or carriage; lacking vehicles; possibly also meaning without cares or worries (archaic).
From 'car' or 'carl' plus the suffix '-less' (without). Could derive from 'carle' meaning without peasants/laborers, or from 'care' + '-less' meaning carefree, or from 'car' meaning without vehicles.
This word is delightfully ambiguous—it could mean you have no car, no cares, or no peasants, depending on which root you follow, showing how the same spelling can hide multiple linguistic genealogies!
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