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

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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