tilt-up
[ tilt-uhp ]
/ ˈtɪltˌʌp /
adjective Building Trades.
of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position: tilt-up construction.
Origin of tilt-up
First recorded in 1840–50; adj. use of verb phrase
tilt up
Words nearby tilt-up
tilsit,
tilt,
tilt at windmills,
tilt hammer,
tilt-top table,
tilt-up,
tilth,
tilting board,
tilting chest,
tiltmeter,
tiltyard
Example sentences from the Web for tilt-up
Over each hole you set a small contrivance called a "tilt-up."
Fisherman's Luck |Henry van Dyke