atilt

[ uh-tilt ]

adjective

1. with a tilt or inclination; tilted:

   Hold the bottle slightly atilt.

2. with the lance in hand in tilting.

atilt

/ əˈtɪlt /

adverb

1. in a tilted or inclined position
2. archaic.
   in or as if in a joust

Word History and Origins

Origin of atilt¹

First recorded in 1555–65; a- ¹ + tilt ¹

Example Sentences

In other villages the shawled women sat knitting behind piles of beets and cabbages and apples, their farm-carts atilt in the sun.

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We will swear a truce of God, neither shall run atilt at the other's convictions until he is invited to do so.

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They spread themselves about and keep alternate watch, and, lying along the grass, drink deep and set brazen bowls atilt.

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At any hour of the forenoon you could see the rows of porkmen sitting on chairs atilt on the flags.

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But he had to stop to sing atilt of an elder stem before he could go on to tell his spouse about them.

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