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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gallery \Gal"ler*y\, n.; pl {Galleries}. [F. galerie, It galleria, fr LL galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf OF galerie a rejoicing, fr galer to rejoice. Cf {Gallant}, a.] 1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal. 2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as a picture gallery; hence also a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc 3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall. 4. (Naut.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called {stern gallery} or {quarter gallery}, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850. 5. (Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. 6. (Mining) A working drift or level. {Whispering gallery}. See under {Whispering}.
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