Word Meanings - LONGSHANKS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The stilt.
Related words: (words related to LONGSHANKS)
- STILTBIRD
See 3 - STILTON CHEESE; STILTON
A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat. Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the dinner - STILTED
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. Stilted arch , an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being occupied by a vertical member, molded or - STILT
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. Note: The American species is well known. The European and - STILTIFY
To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt. - STILTY
Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.