|galē|west adverb
Etymology: probably alteration of English dialect collywest, collyweston in an opposite direction, badly askew, awry, perhaps from a personal name
: into a condition of total disorder, destruction, confusion, or uselessness — used in the phrase to knock galley-west
the trade was knocked galley-west when the government struck at its roots, jailed 30 of the biggest smugglers — Today
hit him as hard as he could and knocked him galley-west