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.
© Webster 1913.