English Explanatory Dictionary

tinchel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.

Word forms

tinchel tinchels tinchill tynchal

Etymology

From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic timchioll (“a circuit, compass”).

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