Kĕl’ter, n.

n. [Written also kilter.] [Gael. & Ir. cealtair, dress, clothes, spear, castle, cause or matter; Prov. Eng. kilter, tool, instrument. Cf. KILT.] Regular order or condition; as, to be out of kilter. If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray? Barrow.