Of an item of clothing: reaching to the feet.

Reaching or hanging far down the body; hanging low, trailing; long. Of a garment, sleeve, etc. Frequently in collocation with wide; cf. sense 2b. Now…

Of a garment: hanging or reaching far down the body, long. Cf. side, adj. 2a(a).

Hanging low, trailing; long; = side, adj. 2a

(of a cloak) that has been cut short.

Of or pertaining to the ankles; reaching down to the ankles.

spec. Of portraits, etc. (a) Originally applied to a canvas measuring 30 inches by 25 (about three-fourths of the area of a kitcat, 36 in. × 28)…

Of boots, socks, etc.: reaching above the knee. (In quot. 1831 as n.: a boot or sock reaching above the knee).

= talarian, adj.

U.S. Of an article of clothing, esp. trousers: of insufficient length; very (or unusually) short.

(of an item of clothing) that reaches to the ankles.

As a trade term: designating an item of clothing, or a category of such items, that is longer than average for its specific chest or waist…

(esp. of clothing and footwear) that reaches to the hip.

attributive reaching down (or up) to the knee; also elliptical, (a garment of) such a length.

(of a garment, boot, etc.) extending down or up to the thigh.

Fashion. Of a garment, esp. a coat or jacket: reaching down to the level of the fingertips (when the arms are resting by the sides of the body).

Of a garment: reaching to a point halfway down the calf.

(a) (of a glove) reaching as far as the wrist; (b) (see quot. 1957).

reaching to the floor.

Of a garment: cut shorter than is usual. Cf. crop, adj.

(of a garment) calf-length.

Forming compound numerals. As multiplier before an ordinal expressing an aliquot part (i.e. as numerator of a fraction), as two-thirds; spec. in Fa…

(of a garment boots, etc.) reaching down to, or up to, the calf of the leg.

Of an intermediate length or size; (of a garment) longer than a miniskirt but shorter than ‘maxi’, normally extending to mid-calf; (of audio…