waist-deep

[ weyst-deep ]

/ ˈweɪstˈdip /

being at or rising to the level of the waist.

Origin of waist-deep

First recorded in 1755–65

One o'clock came, and two o'clock, and the pirates were clustering on the highest shoal, waist-deep in water.

Tales of the Fish Patrol |Jack London
It meant hours of battling with the sea, of tugging at the lines, waist-deep in the boiling surf that rolled in from Montauk.

Caleb West, Master Diver |F. Hopkinson Smith
As he emerged from the edge of the woods, waist-deep in brush and weeds, wide before his blood-shot eyes spread Star Pond.

The Flaming Jewel |Robert W. Chambers
Therefore, as soon next morning as we could see plainly, we again crossed the canyon and the waist-deep stream.

The Land of Footprints |Stewart Edward White

"It's a nasty ford in daylight, and she'll be swirling over it waist-deep and more just now," he said.

A Damaged Reputation |Harold Bindloss