[f. TILT v.2 or sb.1 + -ING1: cf. carpeting.] The action of covering with a tilt or awning; concr. a tilt, or material for tilts.
1499. Promp. Parv., 488/1 (Pynson). Teltinge, gaudacio.
1720. De Foe, Capt. Singleton, vi. Our mats are our beds to lay under us, and our tilting to cover us.
1864. Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit., II. No. 4014. Witney blankets, tiltings, yarns.