Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TILT, n.² [See the Verb.]

1. A thrust; as, a tilt with a lance. Addison.
2. Formerly, a military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; as, tilts and tournaments.
3. A large hammer; a tilt-hammer; used in iron manufactures.
4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask; or a cask is a-tilt.