[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.
1761. Hist. Europe, in Ann. Reg., 55, note. Send us chelingoes upon chelingoes loaded with rice.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., II. 203. A snow and 7 chelingas (a sort of large boats used for landing of goods, people, &c.).
