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OED's earliest evidence for tilt is from around 1390, in Joseph of Arimathie: otherwise called The romance of the seint graal, or holy grail, an alliterative poem. tilt is of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion.
For example: You are writing a story (or a note) and you write a line that you like and so you tilt your head this way and that while you read it over and consider it. Your hear a friend say something really odd or incredible and you tilt your head to show disbelief.
1. If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. [...] 2. If you tilt part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upward or to one side. [...] 3. The tilt of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes. [...]
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a sloping position or a move in a particular direction, especially up or down: She wore her hat at a tilt. figurative There has been a tilt to/towards/away from the socialists among some groups of young people. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. at full tilt.
The verb 'tilt' [tɪlt] means to move or cause to move into a sloping position. It can also refer to a biased view or perspective. Examples include 'The tower was tilting dangerously' and 'The article had a political tilt.'
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The earliest known use of the noun tilt is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for tilt is from around 1440, in Promptorium Parvulorum . tilt is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
