Meanings
adverba-tilt (comparative more a-tilt, superlative most a-tilt)
comparative more a-tilt · superlative most a-tilt · alternative atilt
- With a lance.
To run a-tilt at men, and wield / Their naked tools in open field;
1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2
Origin
Translations
Polish z kopią
- z kopiąwith a lance
Russian с копьём напереве́с
- с копьём напереве́с (s kopʹjóm naperevés)with a lance
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