I. ˈtilt 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 tilt
III. noun
Etymology: tilt (IV)
Date: 1507
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 tilt toward military involvement
4. : any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances
• tilt adjective
IV. verb
Etymology: Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English * tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter
Date: 1594
transitive verb
1. : to cause to have an inclination
2.
a. : to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt
tilt a lance
b. : to charge against
tilt an adversary
intransitive verb
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
tilt at social evils
• tilt·able ˈtil-tə-bəl adjective
• tilt·er noun