stilts

Meanings

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
• plural of stilt

Synonyms

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