stilt
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stilt/stɪlt/
▶noun
- 1 either of a pair of upright poles with supports for the feet enabling the user to walk raised above the ground.
■ each of a set of posts or piles supporting a building.
■ a small support for ceramic ware in a kiln.
- 2 a long-billed wading bird with black and white plumage and very long slender legs. [Genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus: several species.]
– origin ME: of Gmc origin.
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