What is "netless"

Usage examples of "netless".

Between two of the huts, mounted on a pole, was a warped backboard with a netless hoop, and some young men were shooting baskets.

This is what happens: Sunday before Labor Day, early in Cassadaga Park before church lets out and the playing areas are aswarm with children, Jinx Fairchild is methodically shooting baskets by himself the familiar old basket just a netless rim loose against the battered backboard, the concrete rough underfoot when a Villanova College student comes by, a forward on the Villanova basketball team, and the two play a fierce one on one game for hours.

Sunday before Labor Day, early in Cassadaga Park before church lets out and the playing areas are aswarm with children, Jinx Fairchild is methodically shooting baskets by himself the familiar old basket just a netless rim loose against the battered backboard, the concrete rough underfoot when a Villanova College student comes by, a forward on the Villanova basketball team, and the two play a fierce one on one game for hours.