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knee-high noun

  /ˌniˈhaɪ/ , /ˌniːˈhaɪ/
  • (US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and are supported by garter belts.
 Kniestrumpf

knee-high adjective

  /ˌniˈhaɪ/ , /ˌniːˈhaɪ/
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee,‎ high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.
 kniehoch
knee-high to a grasshopper
drei Käse hoch
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