Galley

Noun



 * 1)  A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
 * 2)  A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
 * 3)  One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
 * 4)  The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
 * 5) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
 * 6)  An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
 * 7)  A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

Derived terms

 * galleass
 * galley slave


 * galley-worm
 * galliot

Thesaurus
bakehouse, bakery, bireme, blue, blueprint, caboose, camboose, cold-type proof, color proof, computer proof, cookery, cookhouse, cookroom, cuisine, foist, foundry proof, galiot, galleass, galley proof, kitchen, kitchenette, page proof, penteconter, plate proof, press proof, progressive proof, proof, proof sheet, pull, quadrireme, quinquereme, repro proof, revise, sail, sailboat, sailing boat, sailing cruiser, sailing ship, sailing vessel, scullery, slip, stone proof, tall ship, tessaraconter, trial impression, trireme, vandyke, war galley, windboat, windjammer, windship

Pronunciation




Etymology
First coined 1300, from galeie <  galea < Medieval   γαλέα: of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη:, a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός:

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: galéra
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 갤리선 (-船, gaelli-seon)
 * Manx: birling
 * Norwegian: galei
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: birlinn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: galär, galärfartyg galärskepp


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: kombuis, scheepskeuken
 * Finnish:, pentteri
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: kabyss


 * Japanese: ゲラ (gera)


 * Korean: 게라 (gera)


 * Korean: 게라쇄 (gera-swae)


 * : 船上廚房, 船上厨房
 * : office