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tilt-rail

Noun

(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.

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  • kinematic-envelope
  • tilting
  • rail-head
  • rail-based
  • full-tilt
  • at-full-tilt
  • a-tilt
  • on-tilt
  • tilt-barrier
  • PTZ

Words near tilt-rail in the dictionary


  • tilt-barriers
  • tilt hammer
  • tilt-hammer
  • tilt-hammers
  • tilt-rail
  • tilt-rotor
  • tilt-shift
  • tilt-table
  • tilt-top
  • tilt-yard

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