stilting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of stilt

noun

1. Stilted language or movement.

   “Their gestures seemed not of their volition, but as mechanical and awkward as the stiltings of marionettes.”

   “He writes easily and informally, with only occasional stiltings of phrase.”

2. A structure made of stilts.