half size

any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.

Words nearby half size

It's half-size, and there's a seven-inch cut just out of baulk where Clarence's cue slipped.

My Man Jeeves |P. G. Wodehouse
Figs. 52 and 53 illustrate small or half-size blankets made for children's wear.

Navajo weavers |Washington Matthews
Draw, half-size, the views shown in fig. 73, and from the left-hand view project a plan.

An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design |David Allan Low
The protection armor was twice too large, and very cumbersome for such a slight figure; but such garments never come in half-size.

Shock Treatment |Stanley Mullen

He wrote very slowly on half-size yellow pads, worth seventy-five cents a dozen, using the books only for reference.

Queed |Henry Sydnor Harrison

half-size

any size, esp in clothing, that is halfway between two sizes