tilt-up

American  

[tilt-uhp] / ˈtɪltˌʌp /

adjective

Building Trades.

1. of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position.

   tilt-up construction.

---

Etymology

Origin of tilt-up

First recorded in 1840–50; adj. use of verb phrase tilt up

Example Sentences

Tilt up the dish, and dip out some of the gravy.

From Old Ebenezer by Read, Opie Percival

Tilt up your chin, Jack, and things'll squeeze through for us!

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

Tilt up the plattah an' git some gravy; it's better'n the meat.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams