galley
- n a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
- n (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
- n the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
- n the area for food preparation on a ship
galley proof
- n a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages
galley slave
- n a slave condemned to row in a galley
- n a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
gallfly
- n small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
- n fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
- n any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed
gallia
- n an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
gallicanism
- n a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church
galliformes
- n pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins