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Definition of Tinchel
1. n. 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.
Definition of Tinchel
1. Noun. (Scotland) 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. ¹
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Definition of Tinchel
1. a circle of men who hunt deer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinchel
Literary usage of Tinchel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott (1908)
"450 " We 'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game !
They come as fleet as forest deer, We 'll drive them back as tame." XVIII. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Pretenders and Their Adherents by John Heneage Jesse (1901)
"Upon a signal given, the hunters who compose the tinchel begin to move inwards
... As it required many men to form the tinchel, the attendance of vassals on ..."
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