Stilt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. 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.
  2. one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
  3. a three-armed support for an object being fired.
  4. 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.
  5. British Dialect.
    • a plow handle.
    • a crutch.
verb (used with object)
  1. to raise on or as if on stilts.
noun
  1. either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
  2. a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level
  3. any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
verb
  1. to raise or place on or as if on stilts
Stilt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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