waist-high

[ weyst-hahy ]

adjective

1. extending as high as the waist:

   a waist-high hedge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of waist-high¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The Perfect Podium: When Kate arrived at her alma mater, St. Andrews, to give a speech, she was greeted by a podium waist-high.

From The Daily Beast

The expansive lot where Elaine Goldberg was strangled is comprised of waist-high weeds with a path cut through them.

From The Daily Beast

In this case, for a good cause, they were willing to stoop about waist high.

From The Daily Beast

The rocks for the ambush were waist high, and the twigs that had been thrust in the crevices between them were withered.

From Project Gutenberg

If they try to break the door shoot through it at them waist high.

From Project Gutenberg

To carry him it was necessary to stand up, and the night was growing transparent, and the wheat was not more than waist high.

From Project Gutenberg

The channels between the houses are deep, and I saw several people waist high, with a pole, feeling their way.

From Project Gutenberg

An oaken rail, waist high, which served as a back to a cheap red bench, enclosed the dancers.

From Project Gutenberg