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galleried

galleried

English

Adjective

galleried (not comparable)

  1. Having a gallery structure, particularly in the form of a covered passage supported by columns, or arches.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, [] . We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
    • 1917, James A. Cooper, Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper:
      Halfway down the hill, just beyond the First Church and the post-office, was the rambling, galleried old structure across the face of which, and high under its eaves, was painted the name "Cardhaven Inn."