Tarpaulin vs Tilt - What's the difference?
tarpaulin | tilt |
(countable) A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.
(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
To slope or incline (something); to slant
(jousting ) To charge (at someone) with a lance
* William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
* Tennyson
To be at an angle
* Grew
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To point or thrust a weapon at.
* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
To point or thrust (a weapon).
* J. Philips
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
(poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
(photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
a slope or inclination (uncountable)
a jousting contest (countable)
A thrust, as with a lance.
(photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office .
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tilt hammer
The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
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In countable terms the difference between tarpaulin and tilt
is that tarpaulin is a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover while tilt is a jousting contest.As a verb tilt is
to slope or incline (something); to slant.tarpaulin
English
(wikipedia tarpaulin)Noun
(en noun)- Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.
Usage notes
* In the US, tarp is more commonly used than tarpaulin, even in print.Derived terms
* tarpSee also
* pallExternal links
* (wikipedia "tarpaulin")tilt
English
(wikipedia tilt)Etymology 1
Old English tyltan'' "to be unsteady"; Middle English ''tilte . Cognate with Icelandic . The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with . The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.Verb
(en verb)- Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
- He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
- But in this tournament can no man tilt .
- The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
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- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- I say I quarrell’d with you;
- We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
- Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
- Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
- to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
Synonyms
* slope * incline * slantCoordinate terms
* (photography) pan, cantNoun
(en noun)- (Addison)
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) telt, from (etyl) ). More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- (Denham)