tiltings

Truly thou art trim now, but ere some few months thine attire will be not so much fairer than ours, and thine hauberk will be rusted, for here be no joyous tiltings nor deeds of arms, and no kind ladies to give the award of honour, so that if we fight amongst ourselves it will be because we have fallen out, and spitefully.

The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

There were tiltings and jousts at the ring, and bull-fights, and banquets, and dances to the sound of minstrelsy.

The Alhambra 2002

There were tiltings and jousts at the ring, and bull-fights, and banquets, and dances to the sound of minstrelsy.

The Alhambra 2002

If you knew the sect as I do you wouldn't go by mere superficial silences and chin-tiltings.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

With many declarations that love made up for all lacks and with many tiltings of Shirley's pretty chin, they had vowed to adhere rigidly to this budget.

The House of Toys Henry Russell Miller 1917

These successive tiltings are what kept the Merced and

The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

The first of these tiltings occurred in that far age which geologists call the Cretaceous.

The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

After a satisfactory arrangement of the sitters is obtained, and the table tiltings or rappings have assumed a clear, definite character, then the sitters may proceed to ascertain the identity of the spirit seeking to communicate to the circle; or else to ascertain whether the spirit wishes to deliver a message directed specially to some particular one of the sitters.

Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897

When these rappings or table-tiltings begin to be manifested, all in the circle should keep cool and calm, and should refuse to become agitated or excited.

Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897

West of the Wilderness is the Old Tilt Yard, long since given over from joustings and tiltings to the cultivation of plants, and not open to the public.

Hampton Court Walter Jerrold 1897