[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.

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1499.  Promp. Parv., 488/1 (Pynson). Teltinge, gaudacio.

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1720.  De Foe, Capt. Singleton, vi. Our mats … are our beds to lay under us, and our tilting to cover us.

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1864.  Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit., II. No. 4014. Witney blankets, tiltings, yarns.

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