Category:Tinchel

Tin"chel, n. [written also tinchill.] Etym: [gael. timchioll a Circuit, compass.]

Defn: 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 tinchel cows the game! Sir w. Scott.