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.