without welt or guard
prep_phrase/wɪðˈaʊt wɛlt oɹ ɡɑɹd/US
Definitions
Plainly or straightforwardly
Plainly or straightforwardly; without embellishment.
- … without Flattery or Dissimulation, but relate the Story without Welt or Guard, that these People, who are all Persons of Quality, may understand the want of …
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, welt, guard. Of clothing, etc: not having a welt or hem.
- For, as the Romans, a gowned nation, gave unto them that were entring into mans estate, a virile and plaine gowne, without welt or guard : even so, the Germans our Ancestors bestowed upon their young men, whom they judged meet [...]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA