Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinchel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tinchel
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.

Example Sentences

"We'll quell the savage mountaineer, / As their tinchel cows the game!"

Etymology

From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic timchioll (“a circuit, compass”).

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: timchioll

Inflected Forms

tinchels (plural) tinchill (alternative) tynchal (alternative)

Questions

What does tinchel mean?: A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.
Where does tinchel come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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