Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scotland, a circle of sportsmen who, by surrounding a great space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. 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.
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- noun Scotland A
circle ofsportsmen , who, by surrounding an extensive space and graduallyclosing in , bring a number ofdeer andgame within a narrow compass.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These active assistants spread through the country far and near, forming a circle, technically called the tinchel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer in herds together towards the glen where the Chiefs and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them.
Waverley 2004
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The tinchel was the name given to the circle of hunters which, gradually narrowing, hemmed the deer into a small space, where they could be easily slaughtered.
Claverhouse Mowbray Morris 1879
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These active assistants spread through the country far and near, forming a circle, technically called the tinchel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer in herds together towards the glen where the Chiefs and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them.
The Waverley 1877
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These active assistants spread through the country far and near, forming a circle, technically called the tinchel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer in herds together towards the glen where the Chiefs and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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These active assistants spread through the country far and near, forming a circle, technically called the tinchel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer in herds together towards the glen where the Chiefs and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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These active assistants spread through the country far and near, forming a circle, technically called the tinchel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer in herds together towards the glen where the Chiefs and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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While the clansmen were out forming the tinchel, the lords were assembled in secret convocation, in which the Earl of Mar eloquently counselled resistance to the rule of King George, and the taking of arms in the cause of James
Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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He would apply to the service of war a device employed by the Highlanders in the chase, and put in practice against them their own tactics of the tinchel. [
Claverhouse Mowbray Morris 1879
qms commented on the word tinchel
According to common report
In Scotland the hunters consort
To stalk with a wrinkle
By forming a tinchel
But still call the killing a sport.
April 20, 2018
bilby commented on the word tinchel
BREAKING: "Mueller's tinchel made great progress this week when..."
April 20, 2018