sb. and a. [f. phr. tip up: TIP v.2]
A. sb. Something that tips or tilts up.
1. A name for the American sandpiper.
1848. [see TEETER sb. 2].
2. A wagon with wheels set near together.
1887. Lady Brassey, Last Voy., xiii. (1889), 299. Another conveyance, familiarly known as a ‘Tip-up,’ its narrow wheels making it liable to upset except on good roads.
3. = TILT sb.2 6 (Cent. Dict., 1891). (N. Amer.)
B. adj. Constructed to tip or tilt up, as a receptacle, for the purpose of emptying out its contents, or as a seat (in a theater, etc.) when not occupied, so as to give room for passing.
1884. Health Exhib. Catal., 46/1. Lavatories fitted complete with Tip-up Basins.
1887. Times, 25 Aug., 4/5. Turn-tables, tip-up machines … are provided at distances of 100 ft. apart along the quay.
1904. Westm. Gaz., 20 Jan., 10/1. The green upholstery of the comfortable ‘tip-up’ seats. Ibid. (1905), 18 March, 10/2. Industrial vehicles, which include … lorries, tip-up wagons, carts, brewers’ drays, and other wagons for heavy traction.
