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

“I went to them and said, ‘Hey, can we have one of those stilt walkers?’” says Slash, referring to the larger-than-life lurkers who haunt guests during the festivities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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

Standing on stilts near the top of the canyon, it is surrounded by brush and dirt on either side and is more than 200 feet from the nearest house north of Mulholland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The fishermen, who live in rudimentary wooden houses on stilts, say they now earn no more than $10 to $20 a week from catches, compared to $100 a decade ago.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Farmers in the floodplain build houses and barns on stilts.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann