English Dictionary

half-length

noun

(horse racing) Half the length of a horse. / A portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.

The jockey rode a half-length ahead of the other horses.

意味（1）

(horse racing) Half the length of a horse.

意味（2）

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.