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To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

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  1. v. i. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
  2. v. i. A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
  3. n. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
  4. v. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
  5. n:31/v:69 n. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances v. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback