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English
Etymology
From full + length.
Adjective
full-length (not comparable)
- Not shortened; complete and uncut.
- (of clothing) Covering the full height of the body.
- (art, of a painting, a sculpture or a photograph) Representing the full height of the body.
- Coordinate term: half-length
- At full stretch, requiring the whole body.
The goalkeeper made a full-length save to deny the United attacker.
Translations
not shortened; complete and uncut
(arts) representing the full height of the body
Noun
full-length (plural full-lengths)
- (art) A full-length portrait.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 212:Below was a full-length of James II., at whose feet was a sort of throne, on which the duchess was placed.