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tjalk.

an old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʃɑlk/
  1. an old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from West Frisian tsjalk. Often considered a diminutive of an unattested Old Frisian cognate of kiel (“keel”).

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