stilt
n. தாவுநடைக்கோல், சிறுவர் விளையாட்டில் தாவிமிதித்தேறி நின்று தாண்டி நடக்கப் பயன்படுத்தும் பொய்க்கால் இரட்டை நெடுங்கழி, நெட்டுயர் உதைகால், நாரையின் நெடுங்காற்புள், (பே-வ) கலப்பைக் கைப்பிடி, (வினை.) தாவு நடைக்கோல் மீது நிற்கவை, மிக உயரமாக்கு.
Stilt, n. Etym: [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta, LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E. stout.] 1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. Landor. 2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer. Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well known. The European and Asiatic stilt (H. candidus) is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars, which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (H. leucocephalus) and the banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in Australia. Stilt plover (Zoöl.), the stilt. -- Stilt sandpiper (Zoöl.), an American sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is somewhat expanded at the tip. Stilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stilting.] Defn: To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.