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stilts
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stilt  (stlt)
n.
1. Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.
2. Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building: a beach house on stilts.
3.
a. An American wading bird (Himantopus mexicanus) that has long pink legs, black and white plumage, and a long slender bill, and that ranges from the United States to Peru and Brazil and is related to the avocet.
b. A related bird (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) of Australia.
tr.v. stilt·ed, stilt·ing, stilts
To place or raise on stilts.

[Middle English stilte; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
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stilts
n pl stilts [stilts]
1 a pair of poles with supports for the feet, on which a person may stand and so walk raised off the ground. stelt طَوّالَه للأقْدام кокили chůdy stylte die Stelzen (pl.) ζευγάρι ξυλοπόδαρα zancos kargud چوب پا puujalat échasses קַב पैरबांसा, गेडी़ hodulja, štula gólyaláb jangkungan stultur trampoli 竹馬 죽마 kojokai (garas) koka kājas jangkungan stelten stylter szczudła andas cata­lige ходули chodúľ hodulje štula styltor ไม้ต่อขาเดิน uzun cambaz ayağı 高蹺 ходулі بانس جس پر پاؤں کو ٹیک کر اونچا ہو کر چلتے ہیں cột nhà sàn
2 tall poles fixed under a house etc to support it eg if it is built on a steep hillside. paal رَكائِز، أعْمِدَه подпори pilota pæl der Pfahl υποστυλώματα pilotes vaiad پايه هوايي paalut pilotis עַמוּד पनलवा, लमटंगा stup cölöp tiang stólpar palo, palafitta 脚柱 (건물을 버티는) 각주(脚柱)) poliai pāļi tiang palen pæler pale estacas piloni свая pilóta steber, pilot štula pålar เสาสูง ๆ ที่ใช้ค้ำ ayak 支柱 опори, стойки, палі طویل ستون جو گھر کے اندر ٹیک کے لیے لگاتے ہیں cà kheo


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