Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Kelter

Kelter , noun

[Compare Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. English kilter tool, instrument. Compare Kilt.]

Regular order or proper condition. [Colloquial, chiefly British spelling]
If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray? — Barrow