half-mile

[haf-mahyl, hahf‐]

noun

a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).
a race of half a mile.

adjective

measuring or running half a mile.

Origin of half-mile

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Historical Examples of half-mile

"Fifty-one and a half for the half-mile," he imparted to Crane, looking at his watch.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
Then he thought of the car—a half-mile north—and the horses in the stable.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
But when he was a half-mile on the other side he drew into a dense cluster of bushes and waited.
The Rock of Chickamauga
Joseph A. Altsheler
"She's thrown it a half-mile, or less, in the bushes," said Luke.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10.
Various
Soon his orbit had a diameter of a half-mile; then a mile; then two.
Under Arctic Ice
H.G. Winter

British Dictionary definitions for half-mile

half-mile

noun

1. half a mile
2. (as modifier)a half-mile stretch of the river

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