stiltingn.

/ˈstɪltɪŋ/

Etymology: < stilt n. or stilt v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action or sport of walking on stilts.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on stilts

stilting1809

1809 Sporting Mag. 33 316 Stilting may possibly become as fashionable in these, as tilting formerly was in better times.

1906 J. Paterson Wamphray vi. 165 It was not uncommon for an expert at stilting to carry a passenger across the water.

2. Architecture. The placing of a ‘stilt’ (stilt n. 4b) beneath an arch, etc. so as to raise it; concrete = stilt n. 4b.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > stilt

stilt1835

stilting1835

1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 74 Both the larger and smaller vaults are raised above the entablature by stilting.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 77 The stilting above one of the pillars..is wholly out of the perpendicular.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stilting
释义	stiltingn. /ˈstɪltɪŋ/ Etymology: < stilt n. or stilt v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action or sport of walking on stilts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on stilts stilting1809 1809 Sporting Mag. 33 316 Stilting may possibly become as fashionable in these, as tilting formerly was in better times. 1906 J. Paterson Wamphray vi. 165 It was not uncommon for an expert at stilting to carry a passenger across the water. 2. Architecture. The placing of a ‘stilt’ (stilt n. 4b) beneath an arch, etc. so as to raise it; concrete = stilt n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > stilt stilt1835 stilting1835 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 74 Both the larger and smaller vaults are raised above the entablature by stilting. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 77 The stilting above one of the pillars..is wholly out of the perpendicular. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1809
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