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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

... pastures, the copses leafless. But such a sense of hidden life everywhere! I stood long beside the gate to watch the new-born lambs, whose cries thrilled plaintively on the air, like the notes of a violin. Little black-faced grey creatures, on their high, stilt-like legs—a week or two old, and yet able to walk, to gambol, to rejoice, in their way, to reflect. The bleating mothers moved about, divided between a deep desire to eat, and the anxious care of their ...

— The Altar Fire • Arthur Christopher Benson

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