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発音

• IPA: /stɪlt/
• 韻: -ɪlt

名詞

stilt (plural stilts)

1. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
2. A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.

   Coordinate terms: pile, pier, staddle stone

3. Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
4. A crutch.
5. The handle of a plough.
   • 1829 December, [Walter Scott], “Introduction”, in Rob Roy (Waverley Novels; VII), Edinburgh: […] Cadell & Company; London: Simpkin & Marshall, →OCLC, pages lxxxvii–lxxxviii:

     He […] shot MacLaren when between the stilts of his plough, […]

派生語

動詞

stilt (third-person singular simple present stilts, present participle stilting, simple past and past participle stilted)

1. to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
2. to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

Further reading

• stilt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Litts, tilts