TINCHEL

Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• linchet

Source: Wiktionary


Tin"chel, n. [Written also tinchill.] Etym: [Gael. timchioll a circuit, compass.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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