Tilt (Tjost)

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The tilt was used in the Middle Ages for the joust (knightly riding competition). In tjosten, the opponents rode towards each other with lances pointing forward with the aim of lifting the opponent out of the saddle with a well-placed hit.

The tilt was a kind of barrier that separated the two opponents from each other and thus prevented the knight who had been thrown from the saddle from being ridden down by the opposing horse.

The tilt is taken from the English verb and noun "tilt" for lance riding, which in turn is borrowed from the Icelandic "tölt" for riding, which also serves as the basis of the term tölt , a special gait in horses.