Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for stilt
stilt
[ stilt ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to raise on or as if on stilts.
stilt
/ stɪlt /
noun
- 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
verb
- tr to raise or place on or as if on stilts
Discover More
Other Words From
- stiltlike adjective
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of stilt1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English stilte; cognate with Low German stilte “pole,” German Stelze
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of stilt1
C14 (in the sense: crutch, handle of a plough): related to Low German stilte pole, Norwegian stilta
Discover More
Example Sentences
With the utmost caution he came over the high sedges on his stilt-like legs to the brink of the creek and posed.
From Project Gutenberg
These birds are of the plover family, and might with propriety be called the stilt plovers.
From Project Gutenberg
The stilt breeds as far north as eastern Oregon, but is little seen north of southern California in the winter.
From Project Gutenberg
You notice that, unlike those stilt-walkers, the herons, the flamingoes have webbed feet.
From Project Gutenberg
But he said he would do his best to run out the remainder on a stilt.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse