galley
IPA: gˈæɫi
noun
- (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.
- (Britain) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
- An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
- (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.
- (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- (heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
- A surname.
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Examples of "galley" in Sentences
- The bar and restaurant is now the galley.
- Thain clambered out of the galley window.
- The story of his time in the galleys follows.
- In the refurbishment program, the galley was redesigned.
- It was developed into a galley for the confectionery bar area.
- Barbaro alerted the captains of the Venetian galleys in the harbor.
- However, the same comments apply to the galley as apply to the bed.
- At the blare of the bugle, the cannons stopped firing from the galley.
- The toilet is traditionally called the 'head', the kitchen is the galley.
- He was very solicitous in ministering to the captive Christians in the galleys.
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