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Webster 1913 Edition

Kelter

Kel′ter

,

Noun.

[Cf. Gael. & Ir.

cealt

clothes, Gael.

cealltair

spear, castle, cause, Prov. E.

kilter

tool, instrument. Cf.

.]

Regular order or proper condition.

[Usually written

kilter

in th U. S.]

[Colloq., chiefly British spelling]

If the organs of prayer be out of

kelter

or out of tune, how can we pray?

Barrow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kelter

KELT'ER

,

Noun.

The phrase,he is not in kelter, signifies, he is not in a proper dress or equipage, or not in readiness.

Definition 2024

kelter

kelter

English

Noun

kelter ‎(uncountable)

Alternative spelling of kilter meaning order or balance
- 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers:
  Fiscal--Something has been out of kelter at Washington these two years with regard to the rigid application of appropriations, at least in the Indian Department.
- 1867, William Henry Smyth, The Sailor's Word-Book:
  --All over, resemblance to a particular object, as a ship in bad kelter: "she's a privateer all over."
- 1910, Alexander Irvine, From the Bottom Up:
  It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.