Stilt

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.

one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.

Ceramics . a three-armed support for an object being fired.

any 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 Dialect .

a plow handle.

a crutch.

to raise on or as if on stilts.