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Tilt — Barrier separating knightly jousters designed to prevent converging horses from colliding with each other. The word came by transference to apply to the sport of jousting; also the place became the tilt yard. The use of a barrier emerged when… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
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 — A term used to determine both jousts done over a barrier and to describe the barrier itself, common from the early 15th century onwards. See also À la toille … Medieval glossary
tilt rail — noun A type of wooden barrier positioned lengthwise down the center of a jousting arena (known as the list or tiltyard), used during competitive jousting events to separate the combatants and to ensure that their steeds will follow a parallel… … Wiktionary
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