Definition of "sans"

Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw.Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [Act V, scene ii]

Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.

1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Qutet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 766

But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.

1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet, page 212

Skin needs ultraviolet radiation to begin the synthesis of vitamin D, but dermatologists say you can probably get the necessary electromagnetic input from a mere 20 minutes of sun exposure a week, as you go about your daily affairs, sunblocked and sans beach.

2007 September 4, Natalie Angier, “A Supple Casing, Prone to Damage”, in New York Times‎