atilt adverb & pred. adjective.
[ǝ'tɪlt] M16.[Sense 1 from A preposition1, sense 2 from a- of uncertain origin, + TILT noun2.]1. Tilted up; on the point of falling over.
M16.■ J. Heywood We apply the spigot, till tubbe stande a tilte. ■ D. C. Peattie One searched for Saturn and found it, rings a-tilt, tearing out of the field of vision.2. ride atilt,
run atilt, etc.: on horseback with the thrust of a lance. Chiefly
fig. arch. L16.■ Shakespeare 1 Henry VI What will you do, good grey-beard? Break a lance, And run a tilt at death within a chair? ■ H. Taylor He rode a-tilt and smote the scaly Dragon. ■ J. H. Burton A paper in defense of queen Mary's honour, in which he ran atilt with Buchanan. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲