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

There are two toilets, and a shower behind a waist-high wall.

From BBC

For example, he once jumped onto the roof of a car to avoid tangling with a large mastiff mix that had hopped over a waist-high fence.

From Los Angeles Times

Minjee Lee drove into waist-high grass on the 14th, had to take a penalty drop and made another double bogey.

From Seattle Times

They were looking for missing residents in waist-high floodwaters, but they were not wearing life jackets.

From New York Times

A wide region has been swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing people and pets who did not evacuate in time.

From Seattle Times