The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bas-relief \Bas`-re*lief"\, n. [F. bas-relief; bas low + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bass-relief \Bass"-re*lief`\, n. Same as Bas-relief. [1913 Webster]