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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

bas-relief

;

bas

low +

relief

raised work,

relever

to raise: cf. It.

bassorilievo

Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; – called also

bass-relief

and

basso-rilievo

. See

See also: basrelief and bas relief

bas-relief ‎(plural bas-reliefs)

bas-relief m ‎(plural bas-reliefs)