GALLERY

noun (plural -leries) Etymology: Middle English galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably alteration of galilaea galilee Date: 15th century 1. a roofed promenade ; colonnade , corridor 1, 2. an outdoor balcony, porch , veranda , a platform at the quarters or stern of a ship, 3. a long and narrow passage, apartment, or corridor, a subterranean passageway in a cave or military mining system, an underground passage made by a mole or ant or a passage made in wood by an insect (as a beetle), 4. a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art, an institution or business exhibiting or dealing in works of art, collection , aggregation , 5. a structure projecting from one or more interior walls (as of an auditorium or church) to accommodate additional people, the part of a theater audience seated in the top ~, the undiscriminating general public, the spectators at a sporting event (as a tennis or golf match), a small ornamental barrier or railing (as along the edge of a table or shelf), a photographer's studio, galleried adjective ~ite noun