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tinchel

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

Noun

tinchel (plural tinchels)

  1. (Scotland) A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.
    • We'll quell the savage mountaineer, / As their tinchel cows the game!1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and...

Forms of tinchel

pluraltinchels
alternative formtinchill
alternative formtynchal

Origin of tinchel

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

Questions about tinchel

What does tinchel mean?
Tinchel means a circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.
What part of speech is tinchel?
Tinchel is a noun.
What is the plural of tinchel?
The plural of tinchel is tinchels.

Words near tinchel in the dictionary

  1. tincal
  2. tincalconite
  3. tincall
  4. tincar
  5. Tinch
  6. tinchel
  7. tinchels
  8. Tincher
  9. Tinchers
  10. Tinches
  11. tinchy

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