galley /ˈɡæli/ noun8 •(UK) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. •The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. •One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. •(historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era. •A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. •An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. •A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket. •An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. formsgalleys · gallies