HALF-LENGTH Definition & Meaning

half-length

[haf-lengkth, -length, -lenth, hahf-]

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noun

something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.

adjective

of half the complete length or height.

half-length

adjective

(of a portrait) showing only the body from the waist up and including the hands
of half the entire or original length

noun

a half-length portrait

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of half-length¹

First recorded in 1690–1700

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And he more than proved it on Saturday as Journalism put forth a furious stretch drive to win in the second leg of the Triple Crown by a half-length.

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There was a further half-length back to Grangeclare West in third.

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Big Evs came off the pace to win by a half-length.

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While he lost his first three starts the following year, the last one was a half-length loss to eventual Kentucky Derby favorite Empire Builder in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in New York.

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“Lady With a Fan” depicts an unidentified young woman, bare-shouldered and shown half-length, against a backdrop of opulent Oriental textiles.

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