stilt in English

noun

1

either of a pair of upright poles with supports for the feet enabling the user to walk at a distance above the ground.

The entertainers stood out from the crowd, especially the drag queen on top of an eight foot high pair of stilts .

2

a long-billed wading bird with predominantly black and white plumage and long slender reddish legs.

You're likely to see waders as well as a variety of herons, stilts , and even the endangered West Indian whistling duck.

noun

• long-legs, longlegs, stiltbird
• piling, pile, spile

Use "stilt" in a sentence

1. Stilt dance basic moves are Yangko step.

2. We provide Stilt Walkers, Jugglers, Fire Jugglers, Aerialist, …

3. Zhangzhuang the stilt dance, in Changzhi City, is very famous.

4. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.

5. They' re doing stilt - walking. This kind of performance has a really long history in China.

6. At the Temple Fair, the stilt walker threceived a lot of applause after his performance.

7. And there is no shortage of lively entertainment: stilt walkers, jugglers, a yo-yo professional and a beaded person.

8. Crowd puller circus acts stilt-walkers, jugglers, fire and sparks skilled performers to most public, corporate indoor and outdoor field events.

9. Zhangzhuang the stilt dance so unique because it has absorbed some of the field performance skills.

10. A tiny, wood and straw stilt hut, it stands close to the ground to allow easy access for amputees.

11. Nearby, people are taking their morning baths or doing the laundry on the decks of stilt houses crowding the river embankment.

12. But if you stayed still, Fred would come stilt-walking over to within six inches and examine you with his beady eyes.

13. You can paint low fire pottery glazes like Mayco Stroke and Coat and Duncan Concepts on this Bisque, clear glaze, stilt and low fire to Cone 06.

14. An accordionist, stilt-walker and fire-eater, he founded Québec’s first internationally-renowned circus with the support of a small group of accomplices.

15. An accordionist, stilt-walker and fire-eater, he founded Quebec 's first internationally renowned circus with the support of a small group of accomplices.

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17. The new report details a type of behaviour of the veined octopus called 'stilt walking': the soft-bodied octopus spreads itself over stacked, upright coconut shells, makes its eight arms rigid, and raises the whole assembly to then amble across the seafloor.

18. The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the Avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.It spends much of its time foraging in shallow water or on mud flats, often sweeping its bill from side to side in water as it seeks its crustacean and insect prey.