The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tilt roof
Tilt \Tilt\ (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t["a]lt, tj["a]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.]
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
--Denham.The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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(Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.