The Probert Encyclopaedia of Recreation

TILTING

Tilting is a form of jousting which was introduced into the tournament about 1440, in which the lists (or course) along which the competing knights rode at each other was divided longitudinally by a barrier, called a tilt. Each knight was obliged to keep to his side of the tilt (barrier) during the whole course, and the lance of each would consequently be inclined at an angle when the contact occurred, so that no direct hit could be made. A course for tilting was known as a tiltyard, and there was such a tiltyard where the present Horse Guards parade now stands in Whitehall, London, much frequented by Queen Elizabeth I. Special armour was developed for the sport of tilting.
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