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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
[wutwit] (adv) EN: narrowly ; barely ; nearly ; almost ; very near at hand ; by inches ; by an hair's breath ; within an ace of ; in time ; just about ; at the eleventh hourFR: de justesse ; sur le fil
[すれすれ, suresure](adj-na, n) (1) (uk) grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close; (2) (uk) barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin; (P)[Add to Longdo]