Meanings
- not comparableWithout a yak or yaks.
But yaks are not found in Turkey, only in Afghanistan and Pakistan and so these fine people were rendered yakless in their new home.
1989, Hotel & Catering Review, volume 19, page 422 more examples
He says he’s got nothing against the Rose d’Or, it’s just that since he did the Himalayas he finds the Alps a bit too small and there aren’t enough yaks. He says it is a well-known fact that ice-caves are one of the most yakless environments on earth.
2005 May 23, Ronald Wolfe, “Programme for change – Rose d’Or awards”, in The StageThe hooded Lin and Jonathan — yakless now — were leading the way. Up ahead was another gorge with its own small, rather unreliable-looking wooden bridge. Two yeti were carrying the unconscious O'Connell on a stretcher Lin had made […]
2008, Max Allan Collins, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Berkley Boulevard Books, →ISBN, page 183
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
yakless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakless
“yakless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yakless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakless.
Source: yakless on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.