stilt

The National Endowment for the Arts had a couple of stilt dancers from New Orleans.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

This year's carnival featured musical performances, bedazzled horses, huge dragons and dancing stilt walkers.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

It’s shifted over the years — there were stilt walkers for a bit, and Sawdust’s historical site notes there was once a mascot in “Jelf,” part jester, part elf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England's prehistoric fenlanders.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

They dodged acrobats and a stilt walker and a harp player.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

In others, like the one in which Estevez lives, the balconies and upper floors are propped up by wooden stilts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Choreographed dances, acrobatic tricks, a pitcher on stilts and other antics keep the entertainment flowing.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

The Jetsons live in the sky above Earth, on houses built on tall stilts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

My family lived in a Midcentury-Modern home with a front balcony on stilts and a large backyard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

There was an old wooden grandstand at one side, lifted on stilts for the ladies.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White