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tinchel Sc.|ˈtɪŋxəl, ˈtɪŋkl|
Forms: 6 tinchill, tynchal, teinchell, 6–7 tinchell, 6, 9 tainchel(l, 7 tinckhell, 8–9 tinkell, 9 tinckell, tinkal, tinchal, tinchel.
[ad. Gael. timchioll (ˈtʃimxəl) circuit, compass, round (as prep. = ‘around, about’).]
In Scotland, A wide circle of hunters driving together a number of deer by gradually closing in upon them. Also attrib.
1549D. Monro Descr. West. Isles §15 All the Deire of the west pairt of that forrest will be callit [= driven] be tainchels to that narrow entres, and the next day callit west againe be tainchels through the said narrow entres, & infinit Deire slaine ther. Ibid. §100 The Deire will be callit upwart ay be the Teinchell. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 56 Ilk ane lyand wait for wther as they had ben settand tinchellis for the murther of wyld beistes. 1618J. Taylor (Water P.) Pennyles Pilgr. Wks. (1630) 136/1 Those foresaid Scouts which are called the Tinckhell, doe bring downe the Deere. 1814Scott Wav. xxiv, 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. 1820Hogg Tales & Sk., Bridal Polmod xiii, The tinkell was raised at two in the morning. Ibid. xvi, Tinckell. 1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 283 He [dipper] gives chase, with all the confidence of one who drives deer into a tinchal, or ducks into a decoy. 1868Nat. Encycl. I. 238 Hunting, which sport they carry on like the Scottish ‘tinkal’. 1904Blackw. Mag. June 757/2 A tainchel or hunting drive was to meet at Figinthas. |