stilt

Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.

Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building.

Any of several shorebirds of the widely distributed genus Himantopus or the Australian genus Cladorhynchus that have long pink legs, usually black-and-white plumage, and a long slender bill.

To place or raise on stilts.

To raise above the ordinary or normal position or surface, as if by the use of stilts.