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gal⋅ley

  [gal-ee]
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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.
b. galley proof.
c. a rough unit of measurement, about 22 in. (56 cm), for type composition.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME galei(e) < OF galee, galie, perh. < OPr galea < LGk galéa, galaía

Related forms:
gal⋅ley⋅like, adjective
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gal·ley   (gāl'ē)   
n.   pl. gal·leys

  1. Nautical

    1. A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.

    2. An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.

    3. A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.

    4. A long tray, usually of metal, used for holding composed type.

    5. Galley proof.

  2. The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.

  3. Printing

    1. A long tray, usually of metal, used for holding composed type.

    2. Galley proof.


[Middle English galei, from Old French galie, from Old Provençal or Catalan galea, from Medieval Greek, probably variant of Greek galeos, shark, perhaps from galeē, weasel.]
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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 sense 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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