The Collaborative International Dictionary
Helmless \Helm"less\, a.
Destitute of a helmet.
Without a helm or rudder.
--Carlyle.
Wiktionary
a. Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
Usage examples of "helmless".
Still, he did not need to see the helmless corpses to remember what the marshals had done.
Rather than slash the carter's throat open or run him through, Hawkril reversed his sword and rammed its pommel into the man's helmless head.
And with that he stamped forward, his forehand slash aimed at Bill's helmless head.
It was Sendrith Duthjack, in full armor but helmless, and with a fresh swordcut on one cheek.
And with that he stamped forward, his forehand slash aimed at Bili's helmless head.
They parted and, helmless, the sister felucca gradually swept away to port, into the east, growing smaller and smaller, a memory now to some.