TILT

tilt. Tilt, n. a cover of a boat, military game, thrus

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Tilt (?), n. [[OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. tält, tjäll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.]] 1. 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham.
2. 2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
3. 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.