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‖ cheˈlingo, -a
[In mod.F. chelingue; quoted by Yule from Valentijn as chialeng, and by him identified with Arabic shalandī, which is app. the mediæval chelandium, χελάνδιον: see Du Cange. (But this is not certain.)]
A kind of large boat used on the Coromandel Coast; see quot. 1790.
1761Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 55 note, Send us chelingoes upon chelingoes loaded with rice. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 203 A snow and 7 chelingas (a sort of large boats used for landing of goods, people, &c.). |