calf-length

English

Adjective

calf-length (not comparable)

1. (of clothing) Reaching to the calf.
   • 1974, Hamish MacInnes, Climb to the Lost World, Through Dense Guyanian Rainforest to the Towering Summit of Mount Roraima with Don Whillans and Joe Brown:

     I had taken the precaution of carrying my pair of calf-length thermal boots with me from Maiurapai; they proved very useful in this swampy ground.

   Coordinate term: knee-length