stilt
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with their feet above the ground.
one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
Ceramics. a three-armed support for an object being fired.
any of several wading birds with very long pink legs and a long, slender bill, including the black-and-white Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus.
British Dialect.
a plow handle.
a crutch.
to raise on or as if on stilts.
Origin of stilt
1Other words from stilt
- stiltlike, adjective
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How to use stilt in a sentence
Soon Stilts would be stepping his spidery legs over me to face off with Frank.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe knew his best friend, Chief Taylor, would stand by him and that Stilts would have to capitulate.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome guy was striding around on super-tall stilts, carrying a “Reagan for President sign.”
They also crack jokes and journey through the forest on stilts to fight off invaders.
Is ‘Mirror Mirror’ Starring Julia Roberts the Worst Movie of the Year? | Ramin Setoodeh | March 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd she looks down at me like she's standing on stilts and says, 'I love you.
A-course, when I reached Chicago, the first 238 thing I done was to take a fly at that railroad on stilts.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesThe marshals were pierrots and clowns on long stilts, who towered in a ghostly way above the crowd.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerHe was a very big man, with great red cheeks that hung over his collar like blown bladders, and was always on stilts.
East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie"She certainly could move her proud stilts a little quicker when she sees how Mea is running," Kurt said angrily.
Maezli | Johanna SpyriI now abandoned my stilts and my bow and arrows, and marched off with my chiefs in the direction of our late opponents.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemont
British Dictionary definitions for stilt
/ (stɪlt) /
either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level
any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
(tr) to raise or place on or as if on stilts
Origin of stilt
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