'Tinchel' definitions:

Definition of 'Tinchel'

From: GCIDE
  • Tinchel \Tin"chel\, n. [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.] [1913 Webster]
  • We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]