Obs. rare–1. [var. of TIRPEIL, -pell.] Turmoil, throng of battle, mélée.
c. 1400. Laud Troy Bk., 16736. Thei put hem certes In gret perel To saue her lord In that torpel. But al was not that thei coude do, For thei no-wyse myght come him to.
