单词 | tilt-yard |
释义 | tilt-yardn. A yard or enclosed space for tilts and tournaments; a (permanent) tilting-ground. Tilt Yard guard n. the name of the guard mounted on the site of the tilt-yard of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall. Also called later tilt guard (see tilt n.2 Compounds 1). Discontinued 15th November 1898. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > others Tilt Yard guard1528 safeguard1609 Irish guard1642 water-guard1776 forage-guard1819 tilt guard1894 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > lists or barriers listc1386 champany?a1400 rangec1440 jousting-place1480 tilt?1507 tilt-yard1528 barracec1540 barrier1581 careera1586 steccado1600 tilting-yard1606 tilting ground1850 tilting field1859 1528 E. Foxe in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. 141 Who at that time..lay in the gallery in the Tiltyard. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋3 He was the last Man that won a Prize in the Tilt-Yard. 1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 151 A fine figure on horseback, and can bear him well in the tilt-yard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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