headhigh

English

Etymology

From head +‎ high.

Adjective

headhigh (comparative more headhigh, superlative most headhigh)

  1. Tall so as to reach one's head.
    • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 196:
      The house was painted crimson and a headhigh brick wall stretched out and closed in the backyard and a single light shined in an upstairs window.
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