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Stilt

//stɪlt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
  2. 2
    long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons wordnet
  3. 3
    A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
  4. 4
    long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
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  1. 6
    a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure wordnet
  2. 7
    A crutch.
  3. 8
    one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground wordnet
  4. 9
    The handle of a plough.

    "He[…]shot MacLaren when between the stilts of his plough,[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
  2. 2
    to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

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