Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Tiltmeter. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A tiltmeter is an instrument designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level, either on the ground or in structures. A similar term, in less common usage, is the inclinometer.
1 1877: Custer, who had been buried there, was reinterred in West Point Cemetery.  7 December 1886: The site was proclaimed National Cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation to include burials of other campaigns and wars. The name has been shortened to Custer National Cemetery.
A previously unidentified cavalry combat position has been discovered near Last Stand Hill (also known as Custer Hill), the knoll north of the Little Bighorn River where Custer and about 40 troopers are said to have made a final stand while surrounded.