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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
; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. gallery
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
. 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.