Word Meaning

Meaning of "stilt" and the crossword clue

- Tall bird
- Tall support
- Wading bird
- Walking stick
- A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
- A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.
- Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
- To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.