tilter (tilter)

[ The tilter , which takes the place of carrier or lifter in other guns, is constructed of one piece, and is pivoted in line with the magazine tube. Sci . Amer ., N. S., LXIII. 230. 2. One who tilts, or joins in a tilting-match. While he was in England, he was a great Tilter . Coryat, Crudities, I. 46. A fine hobby-horse, to make your son a tilter ? a drum, to make him a soldier? B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, iii. 1. n. [ tury the helmets were still heavier.