tinchel

== English == === Alternative forms === tinchill tynchal === Etymology === From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic timchioll (“a circuit, compass”). === Noun === tinchel (plural tinchels) (hunting, 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. === References === “tinchel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === linchet