'Full tilt' definitions:

Definition of 'Full tilt'

From: GCIDE
  • Tilt \Tilt\, n.
  • 1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. [1913 Webster]
  • Full tilt, with full force. --Dampier. [1913 Webster]