eye level

plural eye levels

1. countableuncountableA level at the height of one's eyes.

   The illuminated diagram is arranged upright, at eye level, in which position it can be seen clearly from the desks of the traffic regulator and station announcer (who also commands a good view of the station platforms).

   1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 407

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   Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers.

   1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC