Also tylt-. [f. TILT sb.2 + YARD.] A yard or enclosed space for tilts and tournaments; a (permanent) tilting-ground.
Tilt Yard guard, the name of the guard mounted on the site of the tilt-yard of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall. Also called later tilt guard (see TILT sb.2 10). Discontinued 15th Nov. 1898.
1528. Fox, in Pecock, Rec. Ref., I. 141. Who at that time … lay in the gallery in the Tiltyard.
1711. Steele, Spect., No. 109, ¶ 3. He was the last Man that won a Prize in the Tilt-Yard.
1825. Scott, Talism., vi. A fine figure on horseback, and can bear him well in the tilt-yard.
1735. Regimental Hist. Coldstream Guards, 29 Oct. (MS.). The Officers to mount all guards in their regimentals and gaiters during his Majesty’s residence in town, and the serjeants to mount in their regimentals, the Tylt Yard guard as well as the King’s.
