Stilts are two long pieces of wood with pieces for the feet fixed high up on the sides so that people can stand on them and walk high above the ground. Any of certain species of shorebirds (family Recurvirostridae) that have long thin legs and a long slender bill and inhabit warm regions worldwide. Stilts, 14-18 in. (35-45 cm) long, live around ponds, probing in mud and weedy shallows for crustaceans and other small aquatic animals. The common stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is variably black-and-white with pink legs and red eyes
Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender
Stilts are long upright pieces of wood or metal on which some buildings are built, especially where the ground is wet or very soft. They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water
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"
It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia 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
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
{i} one of two poles with footrests that make it possible for the user to walk above the ground; high post used to support a structure above the surface of the ground or water; variety of wading bird
artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. We made polite, stilted conversation = laboured easy. a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal and unnatural