A tiltyard (or tilt yard or tilt-yard) was an enclosed courtyard for jousting. Leicester was a lifelong sportsman, hunting and jousting in the tiltyard, and an indefatigable tennis-player. Another tiltyard used during the reign of Queen Elizabeth existed at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. The tiltyard was designed by Samuel Luke Pratt, with stands to hold 2,000. The Tiltyard causeway acted both as a dam and as part of the barbican defences.