stilts
STILTS
grallae plur. (Varr. ap. Non. 115 19; defined by Festus “perticae furculas habentes”). The pace of one in stilts grallatorius gradus: to go on stilts *incedere grallis; *super grallis ambulare (PROP.); pompam adhibere in dicendo (IMPROP. of an author): one who walks on stilts grallator (Varr.).
grallae plur. (Varr. ap. Non. 115 19; defined by Festus “perticae furculas habentes”). The pace of one in stilts grallatorius gradus: to go on stilts *incedere grallis; *super grallis ambulare (PROP.); pompam adhibere in dicendo (IMPROP. of an author): one who walks on stilts grallator (Varr.).
stilts: grallae, ārum: Varr. in Non. 115, 21. One who walks upon s., grallātor, ōris, m.: ib.: cf. Pl. Poen. 3, 1, 27 (others here read clavatorem): the step taken by one on s., gradus grallatorius, Pseud.-Pl.
Stilts
See grallae.