Pl. -os. Also 8 basse-, bas-relievo. [ad. It. basso-rilievo low relief.] = BAS-RELIEF, q.v.
1676. F. Vernon, in Phil. Trans., I. 578. About the Cornice … is a basso relievo of men on horseback.
1780. Sir J. Reynolds, Disc., x. (1842), 179. A single group in basso-relievo. Ibid. (1876), 17. In bas-relievos it is totally different.
1850. Mrs. Jameson, Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863), 282. The fine series of basso-relievos on the walls of the chapel.
