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.
1684. J. Phillips, trans. Tavernier’s Trav., I. II. v. 72. The Merchant must be careful to spread good store of thick Felts over the Kilet.
1840. J. B. Fraser, Trav. Koordistan, etc. II. iv. 74. The canal was not fordable, and the only means of crossing it was by a kellick pulled across by a rope.
1872. Yeats, Growth Comm., 26. Such vessels are sculptured on Assyrian monuments and under the name of keleks continue to be used.
