stilt

Meanings

Plural: stilts

Noun

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
• one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
  • "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
• long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
• long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
• Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
• A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
• Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
• A crutch.
• The handle of a plough.

Verb

• to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
• to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

Synonyms

Australian stilt, Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, pile, piling, spile, stilt plover, stiltbird