simonsfotos Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Being new to all this MV thing this year, can someone tell me why the canvas cover on the back of MVs is called a 'tilt'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 antarmike Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) tilt2 /tɪlt/ –noun 1. a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon. 2. an awning. –verb (used with object) 3. to furnish with a tilt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Origin: 1400–50; late ME, var. of tild, OE teld; c. G Zelt tent, ON tjald tent, curtain Late M E = Late Middle English, O E = Old English, O N = Old Norse, I presume G = German?? Edited October 8, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 No Signals Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 So you can see the term has been around for a long time. Got to admit it had me baffled too until I asked the same thing on here and got a similar selection of well informed answers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 simonsfotos Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks for the answer. Must learn to use a dictionary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 woa2 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I know about the difference between a Hood and a Bonnet on a vehicle, but why do the Americans call the rear body on a truck, a Float? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Another Tilt was a canvas type tent used as a target for arrows and lances. They were placed in Tilting yards to train knights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Snapper Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Hence 'tilting at windmills' in Don Quixote I've read a fine range of books full of words carefully chosen at random. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 why do the Americans call the rear body on a truck, a Float? and to add to that, the Australians call it a tray :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 There's over 200 pages of it here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Try walking into a room full of American Girls and say 'I'm dying for a fag'. :sweat::red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Being new to all this MV thing this year, can someone tell me why the canvas cover on the back of MVs is called a 'tilt'?
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