'Gallery' definitions:
Definition of 'gallery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Spectators at a golf or tennis match
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A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) [syn: veranda, verandah, gallery]
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A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited [syn: gallery, art gallery, picture gallery]
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A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"
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A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
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Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
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Definition of 'Gallery'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mining) A working drift or level. [1913 Webster]
- Whispering gallery. See under Whispering. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gallery'
From: Easton
- Gallery
- Heb. 'attik (Ezek. 41:15, 16), a terrace; a projection; ledge.
- Heb. rahit (Cant. 1:17), translated "rafters," marg. "galleries;" probably panel-work or fretted ceiling.