stilt

Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.

Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building.

Any of several shorebirds of the widely distributed genus Himantopus or the Australian genus Cladorhynchus that have long pink legs, usually black-and-white plumage, and a long slender bill.

To place or raise on stilts.

To raise above the ordinary or normal position or surface, as if by the use of stilts.

A prop used in walking; a crutch.

One of two props or poles, each having a step or stirrup at some distance from the lower end, by means of which one may walk with the feet raised from the ground, and with a longer stride: used for crossing sandy or marshy places, streams, etc., and by children for amusement.

In hydraulic engineering, one of a set of piles forming the back for the sheet-piling of a starling.

The handle of a plow.

In ceramics, a support, generally of iron, used to hold a piece of pottery in the kiln, to allow the fire free access to the bottom of the piece. Also called cockspur and spur (which see).