chelindra

chelindra, ~us [cf. Byz.χελάνδιον, OF chaland] , sort of flat-bottomed boat. navis, navicula linterque cheloxque, chelindra ‥ (Vers.) Neckam Ut. 113; s1225 ducet secum c scelendros et tenebit l galeas similiter per totum biennium W. Coventr. II 258; 1226 ducemus nobiscum c kalandras et tenebimus nobiscum l galeas (Lit. Imp.) Reg. S. Osm. I 193; 1228 obligavit se imperator ad c chelendras et l galeas ducendas ‥ ultra mare (Lit. Papae) M. Par. Maj. III 148 (cf. ib.: licet galeie, chalendre ac naves sufficientes ad transitum victualium, hominum et equorum ‥ non adessent); a schyppe, linter, ‥ navis, †calaria, carbasus CathA.