galley

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English[edit]

Model of a typical Mediterranean 16th century galley

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”). Doublet of galea.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæli/
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  • Rhymes: -æli

Noun[edit]

galley (plural galleys or (obsolete) gallies)

Galley of the Austrian passenger ship S.S. Africa in the Mediterranean Sea about 1905
  2. (nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
  3. (British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
  5. (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
  6. (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  7. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
  8. (printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
    • 1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book.
  9. (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
  10. (heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

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