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Benedict Arnold

Which windmills need tilted?

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Posted - September 22, 2016
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  • 5354

    The phrase "tilting at windmills" have noting to do with making the windmills topple. It come from the Knightly sport of Jousting.And partly from Cervantes book "Don Quichote" where a crazy Knight rides at some windmills with his lance (imagining they are some sort of monsters), in the same way that Knights in a Jousting arena "Tilt at eachother".

    They ride towards eachother as fast as they can (at full tilt) and I rather think that the where the word 'tilting' comes from

    http://smnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jousting.jpg

      September 22, 2016 2:47 PM MDT
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  • Only the Windmill of Pisa. 

      September 22, 2016 2:51 PM MDT
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      September 22, 2016 6:17 PM MDT
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  •   September 22, 2016 6:17 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Don't you mean "tilting"?

    vocab Nazi

      September 22, 2016 6:51 PM MDT
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      September 23, 2016 4:55 AM MDT
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