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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stilt /stɪlt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk above the ground.
- Buildingone of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
- Birdsa white-and-black wading bird having long, bright pink legs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stilt (stilt),USA pronunciation n. - one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Buildingone of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
- Ceramicsa three-armed support for an object being fired.
- Birdsany of several white-and-black wading birds, esp. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus, having long, bright pink legs and a long, slender black bill.
- British Terms
v.t. - to raise on or as if on stilts.
- 1275–1325; Middle English stilte; cognate with Low German stilte pole, German Stelze
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stilt /stɪlt/ n - either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
- a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level
- any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
vb - (transitive) to raise or place on or as if on stilts
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: crutch, handle of a plough): related to Low German stilte pole, Norwegian stilta |