stilts is a form of:

Stilt



noun
1.
(PLURAL) (one of a pair of long sticks with a block on which a person may stand and walk at a distance above the ground, one of a set of piles or posts supporting a building, etc., a long legged marsh bird, each with a footrest somewhere along its length, used for walking) walk on stilt ជើង, built on stilt សសរ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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.
2.
A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.
3.
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.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.