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Word entry · 5 letters

stilt

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"Long-legged wader"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stɪlt/Part of speech nounSorted ilsttStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

Used in a sentence

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

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