a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

[ Syn: pile , spile , piling ]

one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; he was so tall I thought he was on stilts'

long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

[ Syn: australian stilt ]

long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

[ Syn: stiltbird , longlegs , long-legs , stilt plover , himantopus stilt ]