Definition of "half-bent" [half-bent]

• The half-cock of a firelock. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Poor Steven Adler, nodding out on heroin but still standing, knees half-bent and arms akimbo, appeared momentarily to be practicing some kind of narcotic tai chi."
• "My knee froze half-bent, remembering the face and the name in the same instant."
• "She melted the chairs into an oddly ergonomic padded rattan frame that fit the knees half-bent and slightly reclined the back in an S, contoured to our forms, with a laced upright cradle head rest that reminded me of a baseball mitt."