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ˈhalf-length
1. A portrait of half the full length; one representing the upper half of the person.
1699C. Hopkins Crt. Prosp. Pref., This Piece was only intended for an Half-Length. 1758J. Kennedy Curios. Wilton-Ho. 12 Half Length of Philip, Earl of Pembroke. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 229 The figures are less than life, and about half lengths. 1812Theatrical Inquisitor I. 21 Resolved... That the armorial bearings of the society be a half-length of the American critic, Mr. Snarler. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXII. 128/2 The small half-length of young Martin van Nieumenhoven.
2. attrib. or adj. Of half the full or entire length.
a1739Jervas in Pope's Wks. (1751) VII. 291 (Jod.) Behind some half-length picture. |