half-section

British  

noun

1. engineering a scale drawing of a section through a symmetrical object that shows only half the object

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half-section

She uses a rubberized half-section model of the mouth.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

I’ve rented thirty acres from the Land Association that owns the half-section next to mine and am going to get them into oats.

From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher

He's worried about his land payments, and I tell him he'd be happier with a half-section.

From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn

A dark moving mass came over the western hill, the Lee boy was bringing in the herd from the other half-section.

From O Pioneers! by Willa Sibert Cather

But I wanted the land, too—not merely a half-section for myself, but the whole valley—only I didn't want it for myself.

From The Long Chance by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne