Tilt (an awning)

Tilt (an awning)
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  • Tilt — Tilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tilting}.] To cover with a tilt, or awning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tilt — (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t[ a]lt, tj[ a]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tilt boat — Tilt Tilt (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t[ a]lt, tj[ a]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tilt roof — Tilt Tilt (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t[ a]lt, tj[ a]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tilt — I. /tɪlt / (say tilt) verb (t) 1. to cause to lean, incline, slope or slant. 2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust. 3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance. –verb (i) 4. to move into or assume a sloping position or direction. 5. to engage in a… …  

  • tilt — {{11}}tilt (n.) a joust, a combat, 1510s, perhaps from TILT (Cf. tilt) (v.) on the notion of to lean into an attack, but the word originally seems to have been the name of the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with …   Etymology dictionary

  • tilt — tilt1 tiltable, adj. tilter, n. /tilt/, v.t. 1. to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant. 2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust. 3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance. 4. to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing… …   Universalium

  • tilt — I [[t]tɪlt[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to lean, incline, or slant 2) to rush at or charge, as in a joust 3) to hold poised for attack, as a lance 4) to assume a sloping position or direction 5) to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like… …   From formal English to slang

  • tilt — I. n. 1. Covering overhead, tent. 2. Awning, canopy. 3. Thrust, pass, allonge, lunge. 4. Encounter, combat (as a practice of arms). joust. 5. Slant (as of a barrel for discharging a liquor), slope, inclination, cant. 6. Tilt hammer …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tilt — I v 1. lean, tip, list, cant, heel, Naut. careen, lurch; slope, slant, oblique, fall obliquely, skew, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink. 2.Usu. tilt at rush at, charge; oppose, contest,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. tip, slant, incline, slope; joust. n. joust, tournament; altercation, dispute; speed; slant, slope; awning, canopy. See contention, obliquity, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An incline] Syn. slant,… …   English dictionary for students

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