[Du. and LG. tjalk, a kind of ship, a. WFris. tsjalk, according to Franck, perh. dim. of *tjal for kjal = OE. céol KEEL.] A kind of Dutch ship or sailing boat.
1860. Newcastle Weekly Courant, 2 Nov. 6/6. The Dutch tjalk Vrouw Alida, Van der Werf, of this port, from Newcastle for Tonning, was lost on the Doggerbank, in the storm of October 3; cook only saved.
1889. Blackwood’s Mag., Aug., 183. Half a dozen big tjalks laden with peat.
1907. Outlook, 16 March, 341/2. The quiet ripple under the bows of tjalks—those large, useful, picturesque craft favoured by Dutch designers—sailing across the wide Friesland Meers.
