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Stilt

noun

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. Synonyms: pile, piling, spile.

One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground.

Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia. Synonym: Australian stilt.

Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons. Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird.

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"Stilt" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ten honom so! Leid honom til mitt rom! Eg tykkjer maanen er i augo vaat; og naar han graet, daa graet kvar litin blom, og minnest daa ei tilnoydd dygd med graat. Legg handi paa hans munn! Og stilt ...

— An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway • Martin Brown Ruud

... spill the gravy, or to split his kerseymeres, by extending them too much for their frail make:—however, he has at last succeeded in thrusting one knee between them, and the shorter leg of the two off Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"—used to stilt it;—letting the unfortunate gentleman's pudding down, and his plate travel, until at last it stops, performing a gyration, all to itself, under ...

— Christmas Comes but Once A Year - Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, - during that Festive Season. • Luke Limner