What does galley mean?

Definitions for galley
ˈgæl igal·ley

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. galleynoun

    a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

  2. galleynoun

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

  3. galleynoun

    the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

  4. galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhousenoun

    the area for food preparation on a ship

Wiktionary

  1. galleynoun

    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. galleynoun

    A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

  3. galleynoun

    One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

  4. galleynoun

    The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

  5. galleynoun

    An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

  6. galleynoun

    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. galleynoun

    A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. GALLEYnoun

    Etymology: galea, Italian; galere, French; derived, assome think, from galea, a helmet pictured anciently on the prow; as others from γαλεώτης, the swordfish; as others from galleon, expressing in Syriac men exposed to the sea.From galley come galleass, galleon, galliot.

    Great Neptune grieved underneath the load
    Of ships, hulks, gallies, barks and brigandines. Edward Fairfax.

    In the ages following, navigation did every where greatly decay, and especially far voyages; the rather by the use of gallies, and such vessels as could hardly brook the ocean. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

    Jason ranged the coasts of Asia the Less in an open boat, or kind of galley. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

    On oozy ground his gallies moor;
    Their heads are turn’d to sea, their sterns to shore. Dryden.

    The most voluptuous person, were he tied to follow his hawks and his hounds, his dice and his courtships every day, would find it the greatest torment that could befal him: he would fly to the mines and the gallies for his recreation, and to the spade and the mattock for a diversion from the misery of a continual uninterrupted pleasure. Robert South, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. Galley

    A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by oars. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and gunwale). Virtually all types of galleys had sails that could be used in favorable winds, but human effort was always the primary method of propulsion. This allowed galleys to navigate independently of winds and currents. The galley originated among the seafaring civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea in the late second millennium BC and remained in use in various forms until the early 19th century in warfare, trade, and piracy. Galleys were the warships used by the early Mediterranean naval powers, including the Greeks, Illyrians, Phoenicians, and Romans. They remained the dominant types of vessels used for war and piracy in the Mediterranean Sea until the last decades of the 16th century. As warships, galleys carried various types of weapons throughout their long existence, including rams, catapults, and cannons, but also relied on their large crews to overpower enemy vessels in boarding actions. They were the first ships to effectively use heavy cannons as anti-ship weapons. As highly efficient gun platforms, they forced changes in the design of medieval seaside fortresses as well as refinement of sailing warships. Galleys were the most common warships in the Atlantic Ocean during the Middle Ages, and later saw limited use in the Caribbean, the Philippines, and the Indian Ocean in the early modern period, mostly as patrol craft to combat pirates. From the mid-16th century galleys were in intermittent use in the Baltic Sea, with its short distances and extensive archipelagoes. The zenith of galley usage in warfare came in the late 16th century with battles like that at Lepanto in 1571, one of the largest naval battles ever fought. By the 17th century, however, sailing ships and hybrid ships like the xebec displaced galleys in naval warfare. There was a minor revival of galley warfare in the 18th century in the wars among Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.

ChatGPT

  1. galley

    A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing. The term galley is also used to describe the kitchen of a ship or an airplane, or a long, narrow room or corridor, stemming from the narrow shape of the ship's lower deck where meals were historically prepared. In publishing, a galley also refers to the preliminary version of a publication meant for review or proofreading.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Galleynoun

    a vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

  2. Galleynoun

    a large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century

  3. Galleynoun

    a name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars

  4. Galleynoun

    a light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure

  5. Galleynoun

    one of the small boats carried by a man-of-war

  6. Galleynoun

    the cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose

  7. Galleynoun

    an oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace

  8. Galleynoun

    an oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc

  9. Galleynoun

    a proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof

  10. Etymology: [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, gale, LL. galea, LGr. ; of unknown origin.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Galley

    gal′i, n. a long, low-built ship with one deck, propelled by oars: a state barge: the captain's boat on a war-ship: the place where the cooking is done on board ship: a kind of boat attached to a ship-of-war: (print.) a flat oblong tray in which the compositor places the type he has set up.—ns. Gall′ey-proof, an impression taken from type on a galley; Gall′ey-slave, one condemned for crime to work like a slave at the oar of a galley. [O. Fr. galie—Low L. galea.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. galley

    A low, flat-built vessel with one deck, and propelled by sails and oars, particularly in the Mediterranean. The largest sort, called galleasses, were formerly employed by the Venetians. They were about 160 feet long above, and 130 by the keel, 30 wide, and 20 length of stern-post. They were furnished with three masts and thirty banks of oars, each bank containing two oars, and every oar managed by half-a-dozen slaves, chained to them. There are also half-galleys and quarter-galleys, but found by experience to be of little utility except in fine weather. They generally hug the shore, only sometimes venturing out to sea for a summer cruise. Also, an open boat rowing six or eight oars, and used on the river Thames by custom-house officers, and formerly by press-gangs; hence the names "custom-house galley," "press-galley," &c. Also, a clincher-built fast rowing-boat, rather larger than a gig, appropriated in a man-of-war for the use of the captain. The galley or gally is also the name of the ship's hearth or kitchen, being the place where the grates are put up and the victuals cooked. In small merchantmen it is called the caboose; and is generally abaft the forecastle or fore-part of the ship.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GALLEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Galley is ranked #22721 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Galley surname appeared 1,128 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Galley.

    86.8% or 980 total occurrences were White.
    7.5% or 85 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of galley in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of galley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of galley in a Sentence

  1. Vladimir Putin:

    As for my personal perception, I am not ashamed before the citizens who voted for me, all these eight years I worked like a galley slave, to spare no effort. I am happy with the results.

  2. Tracy Edwards:

    I had never been told before that I couldn't do something -- mostly because I was where I should be -- in the galley.

  3. Dale Sheckler:

    The main charging station would be above the bunk beds in the galley, it was a little tight to find space to charge.

  4. Francis de Sales:

    There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily!

  5. Donnie Brown:

    CLIA is proud of its lines’ strong commitment to public health and their record of excellence with VSP ship inspections. Our cruise line's ships are graded in dozens of areas including hygiene and sanitation of food, galley cleanliness, water, shipboard personnel and the ship overall, these scores are a testament to cruise line efforts to provide passengers with the highest level of service.

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