Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Demi-rilievo

Demi-rilievo , noun

[Prefix demi- + Italian rilievo.]

(a)
(Fine Arts) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
(b)
(Fine Arts) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.