Knee-deep
Pronunciation : Knee"-deep`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep. Grass knee-deep within a month. Milton.
2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water. Where knee-deep the trees were standing. Longfellow.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913