Meanings
adjectivereelless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a reel.
The sometimes-wealthy Cotton could afford such luxury, because the problem with a reelless rod and long line was in landing the fish.
1974, Arnold Gingrich, The fishing in print: a guided tour through five centuries of angling literature
Origin
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reelless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reelless
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“reelless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reelless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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