stilt

Noun

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

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

• 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
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stiltbird , longlegs , long-legs , stilt plover , Himantopus stilt , Australian stilt , pile , spile , piling