Definitions for: Half-length

[n] a portrait showing the body from only the waist up
[adj] abridged to half its original length
[adj] representing only the upper half of the body; "a half-length portrait"

Webster (1913) Definition: Half"-length`, a.
Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

Synonyms: abridged, short

See Also: portrait, portrayal