GALLEY

noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English galeie, from Anglo-French galie, galee, ultimately from Middle Greek galea Date: 13th century a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: as, a long low ship used for war and trading especially in the Mediterranean Sea from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, a warship of classical antiquity, a large open boat (as a gig) formerly used in England, the kitchen and cooking apparatus especially of a ship or airplane, 3. an oblong tray to hold especially a single column of set type, a proof of typeset matter especially in a single column before being made into pages