gal‧ley /ˈɡæli/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: galie, from Medieval Greek galea]

1. a kitchen on a ship:
The fire extinguishers are stored in the galley.

2. a long low Greek or Roman ship with sails which was rowed by slaves in the past

3. technical
a) a tray used in the process of printing books etc which holds type
b) (also galley proof) a sheet of paper on which a new book is printed, so that mistakes can be put right before it is divided into pages

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