[tilt] n [ME teld, telte tent, canopy, fr. OE teld; akin to OHG zelt tent] (15c): a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall
[2]tilt vt (15c): to cover or provide with a tilt [3]tilt n [[4]tilt] (1511) 1 a: a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other: joust b: a tournament of tilts
2. a: dispute, contention b: speed--used in the phrase full tilt 3 a: the act of tilting: the state or position of being tilted b: a sloping surface c: slant, bias "a ~ toward military involvement"
4: any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances -- tilt adj [4]tilt vb [ME tulten, tilten to cause to fall; akin to Sw tulta to waddle] vt (1594) 1: to cause to have an inclination
2. a: to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt "~ a lance" b: to charge against "~ an adversary" ~ vi 1 a: to move or shift so as to lean or incline: slant b: to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy
2. a: to engage in a combat with lances: joust b: to make an impetuous attack "~ at social evils" -- tilt.able adj -- tilt.er n