Galley

Quick meaning: Galley is a noun meaning (British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

Meaning

(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
2. (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
3. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
4. (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.
5. (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
6. (heraldry) A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
7. (nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

Example Sentences

It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book.

Word Forms

• galleys
• gallies

Synonyms for galley

Depending on context, synonyms include lymphad, caboose, cookhouse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caboose, cookhouse, boat, pantry, nook, drag.

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