چكدری

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

چكدری • (çekdiri)

1. (nautical) A type of galley, with sails and oars, used by the Ottomans until the late 17th century.

Related terms

• چكمك (çekmek, “to pull, haul, draw, drag”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكدری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 725