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Webster 1913 Edition
Galley
Gal′ley
,Noun.
pl.
Galleys
(#)
. [OE.
gale
, galeie
(cf. OF. galie
, galée
, LL. galea
, LGr. [GREEK]; of unknown origin.] 1.
(Naut.)
A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
; as: (a)
A large vessel for war and national purposes; – common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
(b)
A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(c)
A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(d)
One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
☞ The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type.
2.
The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; – sometimes on merchant vessels called the
caboose
. 3.
(Chem.)
An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
4.
[F.
galée
; the same word as E. galley
a vessel.] (Print.)
(a)
An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(b)
A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley slave
, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley.
“To toil like a galley slave.” Macaulay.
– Galley slice
(Print.)
, a sliding false bottom to a large galley.
Knight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Galley
GAL'LEY
,Noun.
plu.
1.
A low flat-built vessel, with one deck, and navigated with sails and oars; used in the Mediterranean. The largest sort of galleys, employed by the Venetians, are 162 feet in length, or 133 feet keel. They have three masts and thirty two banks of oars; each bank containing two oars, and each oar managed by six or seven slaves. In the fore-part they carry three small batteries of cannon.2.
A place of toil and misery.3.
An open boat used on the Thames by custom-house officers, press-gangs, and for pleasure.4.
The cook room or kitchen of a ship of war; answering to the caboose of a merchantman.5.
An oblong reverberatory furnace, with a row of retorts whose necks protrude through lateral openings.Definition 2024
galley
galley
English
Model of a typical Mediterranean 16th century galley
Noun
galley (plural galleys)
Galley of the Austrian passenger ship S.S. Africa in the Mediterranean Sea about 1905
- (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.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
ship propelled primarily by oars
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nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
oblong oven
printing: oblong tray holding type
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printing: proof sheet from type on a galley