galley
see also: Galley
Pronunciation
Galley
Proper noun
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see also: Galley
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡæli/
galley (plural galleys)
- (nautical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
- (British) 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.
- (heraldiccharge) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
- heraldry lymphad
- French: galère, galée
- German: Galeere
- Italian: galera, galea
- Portuguese: galera, galé
- Russian: гале́ра
- Spanish: galera
- Russian: гале́ра
- Russian: вельбо́т
- Russian: верста́тка
- Russian: гра́нка
Galley
Proper noun
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