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noun, plural -leys.
1.
a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper.
2.
Nautical.
a.
a seagoing vessel propelled mainly by oars, used in ancient and medieval times, sometimes with the aid of sails.
b.
a long rowboat, as one used as a ship's boat by a warship or one used for dragging a seine.
c.
(formerly, in the U.S. Navy) a shoal-draft vessel, variously rigged, relying mainly on its sails but able to be rowed by sweeps.
3.
Printing.
a.
a long, narrow tray, usually of metal, for holding type that has been set.
c.
a rough unit of measurement, about 22 inches (56 cm), for type composition.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English galei(e) < Old French galee, galie, perhaps < Old Provençal galea < Late Greek galéa, galaía
1250–1300; Middle English galei(e) < Old French galee, galie, perhaps < Old Provençal galea < Late Greek galéa, galaía
Related forms
gal·ley·like, adjective
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Galley
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Divers recovered three bodies from the pilothouse and a fourth from the galley.
- They wouldn't see the design until they got galley proofs.
- And the flight attendents were up and down the ailse constantly rather than skulking in the galley chatting.
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World English Dictionary
| galley (ˈɡælɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various kinds of ship propelled by oars or sails used in ancient or medieval times as a warship or as a trader |
| 2. | the kitchen of a ship, boat, or aircraft |
| 3. | any of various long rowing boats |
| 4. | printing |
| a. (in hot-metal composition) a tray open at one end for holding composed type | |
| b. short for galley proof | |
| [C13: from Old French galie, from Medieval Latin galea, from Greek galaia, of unknown origin; the sense development apparently is due to the association of a galley or slave ship with a ship's kitchen and hence with a hot furnace, trough, printer's tray, etc] | |
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Word Origin & History
galley
c.1300, from O.Fr. galie, from M.L. galea, from Late Gk. galea, of unknown origin. The word has made its way into most Western European languages. Originally "low flat-built seagoing vessel of one deck," once common in the Mediterranean; meaning "cooking range on a ship" dates from 1750. The printing
EXPANDsense is from 1652, from Fr. galée in the same sense, in reference to the shape of the oblong tray that holds the type. As a short form of galley-proof it is attested from 1890. To knock something or someone galleywest is Amer.Eng. slang (1875, originally in Mark Twain), a corruption of western England dialectal collyweston, name of a village in Northamptonshire that somehow came to signify "askew, not right."
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