Bas-relief \Bas`-re*lief"\, n. [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 {Alto-rilievo}.
[1913 Webster]