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tilt rail

tilt rail noun: a type of wooden barrier positioned lengthwise down the center of a jousting arena (known as the list or tiltyard), used during competitive jousting events to separate the combatants and to ensure that their steeds will follow a parallel trajectory from one end of the field to the other.

Noun

tilt rail (plural tilt rails)

  1. A type of wooden barrier positioned lengthwise down the center of a jousting arena (known as the list or tiltyard), used during competitive jousting events to separate the combatants and to ensure that their steeds will follow a parallel trajectory from one end of the field to the other.

Forms of tilt rail

pluraltilt rails

Questions about tilt rail

What does tilt rail mean?
Tilt rail means a type of wooden barrier positioned lengthwise down the center of a jousting arena (known as the list or tiltyard), used during competitive jousting events to separate the combatants and to ensure that their steeds will follow a parallel trajectory from one end of the field to the other.
What part of speech is tilt rail?
Tilt rail is a noun.
What is the plural of tilt rail?
The plural of tilt rail is tilt rails.

Words near tilt rail in the dictionary

  1. Tilt Cove
  2. tilt fan
  3. tilt fans
  4. tilt hammer
  5. tilt hammers
  6. tilt rail
  7. tilt rails
  8. tilt table test
  9. tilt table tests
  10. Tilt-A-Whirl
  11. Tilt-A-Whirls

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