a. Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
[gikushaku ; gikushaku](adv, n, vs) (1) jerkiness; awkwardness; stiltedness; (2) souring (of a relationship); strain (e.g. in relations)[Add to Longdo]