Obs. rare. [a. OF. tinel (= It. tinello) tub, vat, dim. of tine TINE sb.3] A vessel for holding liquids.
1336–7. Acc. Exch. K. R., 19/31 m. 5 (P.R.O.). In ij. naugers emptis ad eandem … viij. d. Et in xxiiij tynels emptis de Rogero Hirdelere ad dictam nauem purificandam .ij. s.
1540. in V. Green, Hist. Worcester (1796), II. App. 5. Inprimis, a holy water tynnell of selver and gylte.
