galley
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of galley
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (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.
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noun
- (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.
- (British)A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- 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.
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An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
“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.”
- A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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”).
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