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Meaning of TINCHEL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.]
      We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel
      cows the game!                           --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
 
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