galley
/ˈɡæli/ noun, proper noun
Forms galleys gallies
- noun (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.
- noun (UK) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- noun (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- noun (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
- noun An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
- noun (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.
- noun (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- noun (heraldry) A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
- proper noun A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; --sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Etymology [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr. 1. (Naut.) Defn: 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.) Defn: 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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “galley”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details