gal ‧ ley /ˈɡæli/ BrE AmE 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 ↑ slave s 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