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Tinchel
Tin′chel
,Noun.
[Written also
tinchill
.] [Gael.
timchioll
a circuit, compass.] A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
[Scot.]
We’ll quell the savage mountaineer,
As their
As their
tinchel
cows the game! Sir W. Scott.
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tinchel
tinchel
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Alternative forms
- tinchill
Noun
tinchel (plural tinchels)
- (Scotland) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
- We'll quell the savage mountaineer, / As their tinchel cows the game! — Sir Walter Scott.