Definitions for "low-rise"
Keywords:  story, escribes, denim, waistband, rise
Lower than the highest heights; -- used of buildings of one or only a few stories; as, a low-rise apartment building.
This rise refers to how low the waistband on the denim fits on the person, which is just below the waist. Our average rise is 9" from the crotch to the waist.
used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low; "looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings"
Anywhere from an inch or so below the belly button to obscenely low.