half-glasses

American  

[haf-glas-iz, hahf-glah-siz] / ˈhæfˌglæs ɪz, ˈhɑfˌglɑ sɪz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.

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Example Sentences

Telling details: When I’m mulling wine, a server offers the option of half-glasses.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

Flights are offered with three half-glasses of reds or white, though all the selections lean toward the dry end of the wine spectrum.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

By the time he took to the convention stage on Tuesday, half-glasses perched professorially on his nose, the anger seemed to have gone out of him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lee took out his half-glasses and put them on.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

His watery-blue eyes stared at her over his rimless half-glasses.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin