n. A prop used in walking; a crutch.n. One of two props or poles, each having a step or stirrup at some distance from the lower end, by means of which one may walk with the feet raised from the ground, and with a longer stride: used for crossing sandy or marshy places, streams, etc., and by children for amusement.n. In hydraulic engineering, one of a set of piles forming the back for the sheet-piling of a starling.n. The handle of a plow.n. In ceramics, a support, generally of iron, used to hold a piece of pottery in the kiln, to allow the fire free access to the bottom of the piece. Also called cockspur and spur (which see).n. [Abbr. of stilt-bird.] In ornithology, any bird of the genus Himantopus: so called from the extremely long, slender legs.To raise above the ordinary or normal position or surface, as if by the use of stilts.