Meanings of reaching below in English

When a child he wore long curls reaching below his waist.

Her skirt was longer tonight, reaching below the knees.

Sometimes he also wore breeches reaching below the knee.

Below these are the gally-hose of silk, velvet, satin, and damask, reaching below the knees.

For herself, she had chosen a purple robe reaching below the knees, with white skirt, both being of satin.

It consists of close-fitting drawers reaching below the knees, with a sash to hold them, and a large white robe.

Firefighters have been in defensive mode working to contain the fire and stop it from reaching below level 5 of the building.

The women's frock is made of seal-skin, and that of the men, of the skins of birds, both reaching below the knee.

Firstly, had she not one sizzling Red Sea day appeared with her hair hanging in two great plaits reaching below her knees?

Their costume was simple, a mere short blue cotton skirt reaching below the knee, and a little red loose shirt with ample sleeves.

They are simple and inexpensive, being small pits dug six to ten feet away from foundation walls and reaching below the frost line.

This disclosed her five long brown cable-like curls that hung down her shoulders, reaching below her waist in some forgotten fashion of girlhood.

He wears the usual youth's garment, the short toga, reaching below the knee, and a hollow spheroid of gold suspended round his neck.

Her hair was long, and floated about in the summer breeze in great waves of gold, the long silky tresses reaching below her waist.

The dress of females belonging to the lower orders consists of a long blue garment fastened round the throat, and reaching below the ankle.

The principal feature of each uniform was a long coat reaching below the knees, with a cape like the capes of our military cloaks.