Gallery

Gal´ler`y

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.

A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.

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.

(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.

(Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.

(Mining) A working drift or level.

Whispering gallery
See under Whispering.

Noun	1.	gallery - spectators at a golf or tennis match
	2.	gallery - a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) Synonyms: veranda, verandah
	3.	gallery - a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited Synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery
	4.	gallery - a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"
	5.	gallery - a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
	6.	gallery - narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
	7.	gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" Synonyms: heading, drift

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