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tjalk

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

Noun

tjalk (plural tjalks)

  1. (historical) An old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast.

Forms of tjalk

pluraltjalks

Origin of tjalk

From Dutch.

Questions about tjalk

What does tjalk mean?
Tjalk means an old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast.
What part of speech is tjalk?
Tjalk is a noun.
What is the plural of tjalk?
The plural of tjalk is tjalks.

Words near tjalk in the dictionary

  1. TJ
  2. TJ's
  3. Tjaden
  4. Tjadens
  5. tjaele
  6. tjalk
  7. tjalks
  8. tjanting
  9. tjantings
  10. Tjapaltjarri
  11. tjaty

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