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‖ kelek|ˈkɛlɪk|
Also 7 kilet, 9 kelleck, -ick.
[Turk. kalak, kelek.]
A raft or float used on rivers in Turkey in Asia, etc., formed of inflated sheep-skins, bundles of reeds, and the like.
1684J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Trav. I. ii. v. 72 The Merchant must be careful to spread good store of thick Felts over the Kilet. 1840J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan II. iv. 74 The canal was not fordable, and the only means of crossing it was by a kellick pulled across by a rope. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 26 Such vessels are sculptured on Assyrian monuments and under the name of keleks continue to be used. |