stilt
stilt
- n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- n one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
he was so tall I thought he was on stilts - n long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- n long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
- Half-naked, their bellies bloated by malnutrition, they watch from beneath the stilt houses with dumbstruck curiosity.
- Sure, they were sinking cans of extra strong stout from the moment they met us in a speedboat off a stilt village on nearby Batam Island.
- The Spanish dotted the Florida coasts with stilt houses, often built from wrecked galleons.