galley

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   the area for food preparation on a ship

3. 3
   noun

   the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

4. 4
   noun

   (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

Common collocations

• galley proof Noun + noun

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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