Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
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back-tilt
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See 1792 quote.
back-tilt
Lab.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1792 quote.
See:
tilt
,
tilt-back
Quotations
1770
The wind coming to the eastward, we . . . constructed a back-tilt near the brook.
1792
A Black-tilt is a shed made of boughs, resembling the section of a roof; the back part is placed towards the wind, and a fire is generally made in the front.