GALLEY

galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse

(noun) the area for food preparation on a ship

galley

(noun) the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

galley

(noun) (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

galley

(noun) a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Galley (plural Galleys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Galley is the 22721^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1128 individuals. Galley is most common among White (86.88%) individuals.

Anagrams

• egally

Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (heraldry) lymphad

Anagrams

• egally

Source: Wiktionary

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Gal"ley, n.; pl. Galleys. Etym: [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr.

1. (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Note: 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 walfare. 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.)

Definition: An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

4. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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