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Stilt definition, one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground. See more. Dictionary.com
Definition of rag. 1a : a waste piece of clothb rags plural : clothes usually in poor or ragged conditionc : clothing the rag trade. 2 : something resembling a rag.