screedless a Without a stitch of clothing; fig, without possessions. Cp SCREED.
1937 DEVINE 42 ~ Poorly off, generally, or having nothing of some particular thing. A man, well off otherwise, may say, after losing his nets in a storm, 'I'm left screedless.' P 148-62 The boy is screedless. T 50-64 An' we got burned out after that again. We were left screedless—lost all our clothes, everything. C 71-129 Screedless means that a person hasn't got anything to wear. Usually it is used as an exaggeration.
