ankle-deep

The sound of rushing water echoed from the walls as an ankle-deep stream flowed from the portal and cascaded into a churning pool beneath metal gates.

In April 1917, an offensive by British and Canadian troops at the city of Arras in northern France bogged down in sleet, snow, and ankle-deep mud.

“You would need two, three guys to push your boat about three-fourths of a mile in ankle-deep water.”

Nearby, three young men and a young woman stood ankle-deep in mud as a plow pushed debris to the side of the road.

The man rolled up his pants before dropping down into ankle-deep waste to to pull the bucket out.