tilt-up
[ tilt-uhp ]
/ ˈtɪltˌʌp /
adjective Building Trades.
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.
Words nearby tilt-up
tilsit, tilt, tilt at windmills, tilt hammer, tilt-top table, tilt-up, tilth, tilting board, tilting chest, tiltmeter, tiltyard
Origin of tilt-up
First recorded in 1840–50; adj. use of verb phrase tilt up
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Examples from the Web for tilt-up
Over each hole you set a small contrivance called a "tilt-up."
Fisherman's Luck|Henry van Dyke