Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TILT
TILL'Y-FAL-LY, or TILL'Y-VAL-LYTILT
TILT, n.1 [Sax. teld; Dan. telt; Ice. tiald; W. telu, to stretch over.]
- A tent; a covering over head. Denham.
- The cloth covering of a cart or wagon.
- The cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning of canvas or other cloth, extended over the stern sheets of a boat. Mar. Dict.
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