Kilter
[kil-ter] /ˈkɪl tər/
noun
1.
good condition; order:
The engine was out of kilter.
2.
Poker. 2 .
/ˈkɪltə/
noun
1.
working order or alignment (esp in the phrases off kilter, out of kilter)
n.
in out of kilter (1620s) variant of English dialectal kelter (c.1600) “good condition, order,” of unknown origin.
Related Terms
out of kilter
see: out of kilter
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