stilt /stilt/

1. A thin wooden prop with a footrest enabling one to walk supported high above the ground
2. Any tall support, eg for keeping a house above water level
3. A plough handle (now dialect)
4. A very long-legged wading bird (Himantopus candidus or other species) related to the avocets (also stiltˈbird or stiltˈ-plover)

To raise on stilts or as if on stilts

stiltˈed adjective

1. Stiff and pompous
2. Laboured and unnatural
3. Elevated on stilts
4. (of an arch) springing from above the capital (architecture)

stiltˈedly adverb

stiltˈedness noun

stiltˈer noun

stiltˈiness noun

stiltˈing noun

stiltˈish or stiltˈy adjective

stilted arch noun

An arch that springs from above the capital

stiltˈ-walker noun

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