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gallery (iou)



gallery noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French galerie, from Italian galleria gallery, church porch, from medieval Latin galeria, perh. alt. of galilea GALILEE by dissimilation of l to r.]
A. noun.
A covered passageway, partly open at the side or having the roof supported by pillars; US a porch, a veranda. LME.
H. Hunter There is in the gallery of the Tuilleries, on the right as you enter the gardens, an Ionic column. W. A. Percy Well-wishers..drove him home, and deposited him..in the swing on his own front gallery.
A long narrow balcony constructed on the outside of a building, at some elevation from the ground and open at the front apart from a railing, balustrade, etc. LME.
b. Nautical. A balcony built outside the body of a ship, at the stern or the quarters. E17.
c. Architecture. A long narrow passage built into the thickness of a wall or supported on corbels, open towards the interior of a building. M18.
d. A passenger car like a basket attached to a hot-air balloon. L18-E20.
A long narrow room, sometimes one providing access to other parts of a house; a room or building devoted to the exhibition (and sale) of paintings, sculptures, etc. E16.
I. McEwan She was picking her way slowly through a long gallery of treasures, heirlooms. fig.: P. Ustinov His war tales of the provinces, of a gallery of powerful women and indeterminate men.
b. A more or less horizontal underground passage (Military & Mining); a passage made by an animal, now only underground or through a rock. M17.
J. G. Farrell The distance between the ends of the branch galleries should be such that the enemy cannot burrow between them unheard.
c. = shooting-gallery s.v. SHOOTING verbal noun. M19.
A platform or balcony projecting from the inner wall of a church, courtroom, hall, etc. serving e.g. to provide extra room for an audience or reserved for musicians etc.; spec. in a theatre, the highest of such balconies, containing the cheapest seats. L16.
T. Hardy Her sight Swept the west gallery, and caught its row Of music-men. F. Raphael When I was a girl there wasn't a gallery for the women at the synagogue. H. Rosenthal I could have got into the back of the gallery for 6d.
b. The part of a meeting-house of the Society of Friends occupied by the elders. E19.
c. The control room of a television studio. M20.
sing. & in pl. The people occupying the gallery in a theatre etc.; fig. the least refined part of an audience. M17.
play to the gallery, play for the gallery appeal to unrefined tastes.
H. Irving That same gallery which at first roared itself hoarse, while the play went on.
b. A group of spectators at a golf match etc. L19.
Golf Monthly Sandy Lyle acknowledges the cheers of the huge gallery on the last green.
Real Tennis. Each of eight openings beneath the side penthouses of the court, backed by netting to catch balls and protect spectators. L17.
An ornamental rim or railing edging a table, shelf, etc. M19.
Comb.: gallery forest a forest restricted to the banks of a river or stream; gallery grave Archaeology an underground megalithic burial chamber which may be divided into sections but has no separate entrance passage; gallery play showy or ostentatious play designed to gain applause; gallery tray a silver tray with a raised rim, used to carry glasses etc.
b. verb trans. Provide with a balcony or gallery. E17.
galleried adjective provided with a gallery M16.
galleryite noun a member of the audience in the gallery of a theatre L19.