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Webster 1913 Edition

Tilt

Tilt

(tĭlt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
telt
(perhaps from the Danish),
teld
, AS.
teld
, ge
teld
; akin to OD.
telde
, G.
zelt
, Icel.
tjald
, Sw.
tält
,
tjäll
, Dan.
telt
, and AS. be
teldan
to cover.]
1.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Denham.
2.
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
3.
(Naut.)
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tilt boat
(Naut.)
,
a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
–
Tilt roof
(Arch.)
,
a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.

Tilt

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tilted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting
.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
tilten
,
tulten
, to totter, fall, AS.
tealt
unstable, precarious; akin to
tealtrian
to totter, to vacillate, D.
tel
amble, ambling pace, G.
zelt
, Icel.
tölt
an ambling pace,
tölta
to amble. Cf.
Totter
.]
1.
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor;
as, to
tilt
a barrel
.
2.
To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers
tilt
the fatal lance.
J. Philips.
3.
To point or thrust a weapon at.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
4.
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer;
as, to
tilt
steel in order to render it more ductile
.

Tilt

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
He
tilts

With piercing steel at bold Mercutio’s breast.
Shakespeare
Swords out, and
tilting
one at other's breast.
Shakespeare
But in this tournament can no man
tilt
.
Tennyson.
The fleet, swift
tilting
, o'er the [GREEK]urges flew.
Pope.
2.
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
The trunk of the body is kept from
tilting
forward by the muscles of the back.
Grew.

Tilt

,
Noun.
1.
A thrust, as with a lance.
Addison.
2.
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
3.
See
Tilt hammer
, in the Vocabulary.
4.
Inclination forward;
as, the
tilt
of a cask
.
Full tilt
,
with full force.
Dampier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tilt

TILT

, n.
1.
A tent; a covering over head.
2.
The cloth covering of a cart or wagon.
3.
The cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning of canvas or other cloth, extended over the stern sheets of a boat.

TILT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with a cloth or awning.

TILT

,
Noun.
[See the verb.] A thrust; as a tilt with a lance.
1.
Formerly, a military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; as tilts and tournaments.
2.
A large hammer; a tilt-hammer; used in iron manufactures.
3.
Inclination forward; as the tilt of a cask; or a cask is a-tilt.

TILT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tollo.]
1.
To incline; to raise one end, as a cask, for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2.
To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
3.
To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt; as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile.
4.
To cover with a tilt.

TILT

,
Verb.
I.
To run or ride and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting at each other on horseback.
1.
To fight with rapiers.
Swords out and tilting one at other's breast.
2.
To rush, as in combat.
3.
To play unsteadily; to ride, float and toss.
The fleet swift tilting o'er the surges flew.
4.
To lean; to fall, as on one side.
The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.

Definition 2024

tilt

tilt

English

Verb

tilt ‎(third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant [1590]
    Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
  2. (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance [1590]
    • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
      He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
    • Tennyson
      But in this tournament can no man tilt.
  3. (intransitive) To be at an angle [1620]
    • Grew
      The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
    • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
      “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.
  4. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
    • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
      I say I quarrell’d with you;
      We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
      Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
  5. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
    • J. Philips
      Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
  6. To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
    to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
  7. (poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
  8. (photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Translations

Noun

tilt ‎(plural tilts)

  1. a slope or inclination (uncountable)
  2. a jousting contest (countable) [1510]
  3. A thrust, as with a lance.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
  4. (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
  5. an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
    • 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport:
      City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.
  6. tilt hammer
  7. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
Translations
inclination of part of the body

Etymology 2

From Middle English telt, from Old English teld ‎(“tent”), from Middle Low German telt,[1] perhaps via or influenced by Danish telt.[2] Cognates include German Zelt ‎(“tent”), Old Norse tjald ‎(“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld ‎(“tent”)). More at teld.

Noun

tilt ‎(plural tilts)

  1. A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450]
  2. Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Denham to this entry?)

Verb

tilt ‎(third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Etymology in ODS
  2. ↑ tilt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

tilt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of tillen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of tillen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtilt]

Verb

tilt

  1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms

Etymology

Old English tyltan "to be unsteady"; Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt ‎(“an ambling place”). The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

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