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tiltyard
[ tilt-yahrd ]
/ ˈtɪltˌyɑrd /
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noun
a courtyard or other area for tilting.
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Words nearby tiltyard
tilting board, tilting chest, tiltmeter, tilt-top table, tilt-up, tiltyard, Tim, timarau, Timaru, timbal, timbale
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How to use tiltyard in a sentence
Eager knights jousted on a narrow tiltyard, quickly knocking each other out of play.
One Misplaced Pawn May Have Just Clinched The World Chess Championship|Oliver Roeder|December 5, 2021|FiveThirtyEightGuy, advancing as gaily as if he had been in the tiltyard at Wark, gallantly unhorsed one Saracen with the point of his lance.
The Boy Crusaders|John G. EdgarNor was it clear that he had not been engaged in other than the mimic warfare of the tiltyard.
Runnymede and Lincoln Fair|J.G. EdgarShe had gone out into the tiltyard and had tilted with him, and he had been the victor.
Can You Forgive Her?|Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for tiltyard
tiltyard
/ (ˈtɪltˌjɑːd) /
noun
(formerly) an enclosed area for tilting
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