tilt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to move into a sloping position; a slope or inclination

   She tilted her head to study the painting more closely.

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Simplified etymology

Tilt meant “to fall” or “topple” around 1300. It later described a mounted knight charging with a levelled lance in an attempt to knock an opponent from his horse, the jousting sense that also produced at full tilt in the late 16th century.

From Middle English tilten ('to topple, cause to fall'), perhaps from Old English tealt ('unsteady') or a related Scandinavian word; the modern sense 'to slope' developed later.

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