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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

Words linked to "Stilt" : pillar, genus Cladorhyncus, shore bird, Himantopus, Himantopus himantopus, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, Himantopus novae-zelandiae, sheath pile, Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, Cladorhyncus, limicoline bird, Himantopus mexicanus, genus Himantopus, column, shorebird, pole, kaki, sheet piling, sheet pile