Tiltyard
/ˈtɪltiˌjɑːrd/noun
A space or arena used for jousting or other mounted combats.
Did you know?A tiltyard was the special enclosed arena for jousts, and the word survives from the old sense of a 'tilt' as a mounted charge, not the modern idea of leaning.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
tilt
“A covering or awning, and later a sloping or inclined position in related senses”
Middle English
ME
tilte
“A sloping roof, covering, or a jousting charge in the verb sense”
Middle English
ME
yerd
“Yard, an enclosed piece of ground”
15th Century
English
tiltyard
“An enclosed ground for jousting and mounted contests”
Modern English
English
tiltyard
“A jousting arena”