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Stilt   /stɪlt/   Listen
Stilt

noun
1.
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.  Synonyms: pile, piling, spile.
2.
One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground.
3.
Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia.  Synonym: Australian stilt.
4.
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



... meal; And instantly on broad-webbed feet, And stilt-like legs, and flapping wings, The feathered bipeds rushed to greet, With snaps and cluckings of delight, The joyful, ever-welcome sight Of supper at the approach ...
— Poems • John L. Stoddard



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



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