kelter

American  

[kel-ter] / ˈkɛl tər /

noun

Chiefly British Dialect.

1. kilter.

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kelter British  

/ ˈkɛltə /

noun

1. a variant of kilter

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Example Sentences

The wheat's kernin' somethin' cruel fine—I awnly wish theer was more of it—an' the sheep an' cattle's in braave kelter likewise.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

We accepted the latter proposition, as we were in no travelling kelter, and had no taste for performances on the tight rope.

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

"I've been out o' kelter nearly ten years."

From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth

Fiscal--Something has been out of kelter at Washington these two years with regard to the rigid application of appropriations, at least in the Indian Department.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

An’ the things be in prime kelter, tu; an’ better than four hunderd pound of uncle’s money still left.”

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden