shoulder-high

adjective

: reaching as high as a person's shoulder

a shoulder-high wall

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No one seemed to care much about the Black American who had helped forge Australian democracy, who had been tried for treason by the British colonial authorities and whose acquittal sparked a street celebration in Melbourne, where he was carried shoulder-high into a sea of 10,000 people. —Damien Cave, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023

The trail takes us straight into the fragrant, shoulder-high shrubs. —Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023