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Webster 1913 Edition

Gallery

Gal′ler-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Galleries
(#)
.
[F.
galerie
, It.
galleria
, fr. LL.
galeria
gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF.
galerie
a rejoicing, fr.
galer
to rejoice. Cf.
Gallant
,
Adj.
]
1.
A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.
2.
A room for the exhibition of works of art;
as, a picture
gallery
; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.
3.
A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; – sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.
4.
(Naut.)
A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called
stern gallery
or
quarter gallery
, – seldom found in vessels built since 1850.
5.
(Fort.)
Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a
defensive gallery
.
6.
(Mining)
A working drift or level.
Whispering gallery
.
See under
Whispering
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gallery

GAL'LERY

,
Noun.
1.
In architecture, a covered part of a building, commonly in the wings, used as an ambulatory or place for walking.
2.
An ornamental walk or apartment in gardens, formed by trees.
3.
In churches, a floor elevated on columns and furnished with pews or seats; usually ranged on three sides of the edifice. A similar structure in a play-house.
4.
In fortification, a covered walk across the ditch of a town, made of beams covered with planks and loaded with earth.
5.
In a mine, a narrow passage or branch of the mine carried under ground to a work designed to be blown up.
6.
In a ship, a frame like a balcony projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship of war or of a large merchantman. That part at the stern, is called the stern-gallery; that at the quarters,the quarter-gallery.

Definition 2024

gallery

gallery

English

A gallery of the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi, Vietnam

Noun

gallery ‎(plural galleries)

  1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
  2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
  3. Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
  4. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
  5. as a whole, the spectators of an event.
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
      Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
  6. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

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Verb

gallery ‎(third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off

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Etymology

From Old French galerie, gallerie ‎(“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria ‎(“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea ‎(“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.

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