Half-length

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
Half the length of a horse.
2
a portrait showing the body from only the waist up wordnet
3
A portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.
"His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron."

Adjective

1
Half the normal length. not-comparable
2
Of a portrait, sculpture or a photograph, depicting only the upper half of the subject. not-comparable

Adjective

"His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron."