three-quarter

[ three-kwawr-ter ]

/ ˈθriˈkwɔr tər /

consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.

(of a portrait) showing the face as seen from in front and somewhat to the side: a three-quarter view.

Origin of three-quarter

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

The three and three-quarter minutes which it is necessary to wait, while the time lock is opening, are to me golden moments.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There is the neck-wilt and the bending of the head; also the three-quarter face, not a simple element.

The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 |Various
A plain photograph, showing a three-quarter view of the face, is best.

How to Become Rich |William Windsor
Now, what was that boy's weight, if a brick Pg 23weighs equal to a three-quarter brick and three-quarters of a pound?

Amusements in Mathematics |Henry Ernest Dudeney

A hectolitre is equivalent to two and three-quarter bushels.

Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) |Abel Chapman
Thence they passed to "half," "three-quarter" and "full" hands.

The Negro Farmer |Carl Kelsey

three-quarter

being three quarters of something a three-quarter turn

being of three quarters the normal length

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