1. (

• pile ,
• spile ,
• piling ,
• stilt ,

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

2. (

• stilt

) 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" ;

3. (

• stilt ,
• Australian_stilt

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

4. (

• stilt ,
• stiltbird ,
• longlegs ,
• long-legs ,
• stilt_plover ,
• Himantopus_stilt

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