1A method of moulding, carving, or stamping in relief a design in which figures project to half their true proportions.
（半凸出）浮雕法
the tower is modern, with a top of green copper and geometric columns in half-relief
Example sentencesExamples
On a raised bench ornamented with the rail pattern is a small relic-shrine, in half relief 4' 2'' high.
The raised relief, half relief and bas-relief are all similar.
The other two are half relief and high relief, with carving in detail.
1.1count nounA sculpture or carving in half relief.
（半凸出）浮雕；凸饰
Example sentencesExamples
The upper floor (state gallery) possesses a late-gothical, colored seized carving covered with half reliefs, which are attributed to Lederer.
Until today there is no satisfying interpretation of the Celtic half reliefs in the gable over the portal of the Belsener chapel, but there may have been a certain ritual importance around Belsen in former times.