From Malay kelong.

kelong (plural kelongs)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A wooden offshore platform for fishermen found in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.

• kellong

kelong

1. shield

   Synonym: kiaren

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press