TILT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent Date: 15th century a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to cover or provide with a ~, III. noun Etymology: 4~ Date: 1507 1. a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other ; joust , a tournament of ~s, 2. dispute , contention , speed , 3. the act of ~ing ; the state or position of being ~ed, a sloping surface, slant , bias , any of various contests resembling or suggesting ~ing with lances, ~ adjective IV. verb Etymology: Middle English tulten, ~en to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter Date: 1594 transitive verb to cause to have an inclination, 2. to point or thrust in or as if in a ~ , to charge against , intransitive verb 1. to move or shift so as to lean or incline ; slant , to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy, 2. to engage in a combat with lances ; joust , to make an impetuous attack , ~able adjective ~er noun