Synonyms for galley

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gal-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl i

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Définition of galley

Origin : c.1300, from Old French galie, from Medieval Latin galea or Catalan galea, from Late Greek 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 1650s, from French 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.

noun a ship
noun a kitchen

Example sentences :

Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

All at once, Jason bethought himself of the galley's miraculous figure-head.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

So he ran to the galley as fast as his legs would carry him.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The captain had ordered Cooper to boil some pitch at the galley.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

It knocked off raining, but we shifted ourselves at the galley fire below.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The King was in a galley as spectator; the Queen was in another.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

Hadn't you rather have your own galley on board a decent ship?
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

When his galley was captured by Muslim corsairs he took the only way of escape that offered.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

But as for what does Fra Domenico in that galley, it is more than I can hazard a guess on.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

But he was cook's boy on board a merchantman, and they called him 'Galley Vick.'
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

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