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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Low German

stilt

 noun
     
Related topics: Daily Life, Construction
stilt [countable usually plural]
1TBC one of a set of poles that support a building above the ground or above water
on stilts
a house built on stilts
2D one of two poles which you can stand on and walk high above the ground
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