full-length

English

Etymology

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

Finnish: kokopitkä, kokopituinen, täyspitkä, täyspituinen
Irish: lánfhada
Polish: nieskracany, pełnometrażowy (pl) (of movies)

(arts) representing the full height of the body

Finnish: koko vartalo-
French: en pied (fr)
Irish: lánfhada
Polish: pokazujący całe ciało

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.

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