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Tilter

noun

Someone who engages in a tilt or joust.

A device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs.

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"Tilter" Quotes from Famous Books

... I went, And saw the people were to eating bent, In either borrowed, craved, asked, begged, or bought, But most laborious with my teeth I wrought. I did not this, 'cause meat or drink was scant, But I did practise thus before my want; Like to a Tilter that would win the prize, Before the day he'll often exercise. So I began to put in use, at first These principles 'gainst hunger, 'gainst thirst. Close to the Gate,[4] there dwelt a worthy man, That ...

— The Pennyles Pilgrimage - Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor • John Taylor

... part whereof he spent before he came to reside at court, he was a very fine gentleman, and the best horseman and tilter of the times, which were then the manlike and noble recreations of the court, and such as took up the applause of men, as well as the praise and commendation of ladies; and when years had abated those exercises of honour, he grew then to be a faithful and profound ...

— Travels in England and Fragmenta Regalia • Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton