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tilt rails

tilt rails is the plural of tilt rail.

Meaning of tilt rail

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.

Questions about tilt rails

What is tilt rails the plural of?
Tilt rails is the plural of tilt rail.

Words near tilt rails in the dictionary

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

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