Etymology

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Today it means: A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range. Full definition →

Goidelic ← Scottish Gaelic timchioll
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromtimchioll“a circuit, compass”
  2. Goidelic · derived from
  3. English todaytinchel

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.