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tilt-yard
tilt-yard (ˈtɪltjɑːd) Also tylt-. [f. tilt n.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 n.2 10). ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tiltyard
A tiltyard (or tilt yard or tilt-yard) was an enclosed courtyard for jousting. Tiltyards were a common feature of Tudor era castles and palaces. wikipedia.org
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tilting
▪ I. tilting, vbl. n.1 (ˈtɪltɪŋ) [f. tilt v.1 + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of tilt v.1 in sense 5; charging on horseback with a lance against an opponent, or a mark; justing.1610 Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 250 Having unhappily slaine his onely sonne while he trained him at Tilting. 1617 Moryson Iti... Oxford English Dictionary
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James Scudamore (courtier)
Scudamore cut a dashing figure at the tilt-yard – his appearance was thus recounted by the scholar William Higford: George Peele, dramatist, wrote: Though The Queen's personal attendance of Scudamore's own tilt-yard at Holme Lacy is a testament to his gallant reputation. wikipedia.org
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tilt
▪ I. tilt, n.1 (tɪlt) Also 5 telt(e, 5–7 tylt, 6 tylte, 7 tillte. [Collateral form of ME. tild, teld n., perh. influenced by tent.] 1. A covering of coarse cloth, in early quots. of hair-cloth; an awning; a booth, tent, or tabernacle.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 488/1 Telte, or tente, tentorium. 1547 Privy C... Oxford English Dictionary
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Thomas Overbury
At all events, when Carr attracted the attention of James I in 1606 by breaking his leg in the tilt-yard, Overbury had for some time been servitor-in-ordinary wikipedia.org
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natatory
▪ I. natatory, n. (ˈneɪtətərɪ) [In sense 1, ad. late L. natātōrium n., neut. of natātōrius: see next.] † 1. A swimming-bath, pool. Obs.c 1400 Mandeville (1839) viii. 93 Also streghte from Natatorie Siloe, is an Ymage of Ston. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. lv, On the out-side were placed the tilt-yard,..... Oxford English Dictionary
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maid of honour
maid of honour 1. An unmarried lady, usually of noble birth, who attends upon a queen or princess.c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. xlv. vii, Her maides of honor shall on her attend. 1646 Crashaw Sosp. a'Herode xlii, The foul queen's most abhorred maids of honour..stand to wait upon her. 1711 Steele Spect.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Royal Arsenal
Manufacture of ammunition had previously taken place within a Great Barn on the tilt-yard at Greenwich Palace (an offshoot of the royal armoury there); wikipedia.org
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gainpain
† ˈgainpain Obs. In ? 6 gaynepayne. [a. OF. gaignepain (in 13th c. wagnepan) a sort of gauntlet. Commonly identified with the F. gagnepain, lit. ‘bread-winner’ (f. stem of gagner gain v.2 + pain bread), which is recorded from the 17th c. in the sense ‘tool by which one gains one's bread’, but is pro... Oxford English Dictionary
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Henry VI, Part 2
bent to holiness, To number Ave-Maries on his beads, His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ, His study is his tilt-yard wikipedia.org
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wrestle
▪ I. wrestle, n. (ˈrɛs(ə)l) [f. next. Cf. warsle n.] 1. Without article. The action of wrestling or struggling; the fact of having wrestled. Also fig.1593 Queen Elizabeth Boeth. iv. pr. vii. 99 So ought not a wise man beare with greefe, fortunes wrestell [L. certamen fortunæ]. 1796 Burns Poem on Lif... Oxford English Dictionary
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