Definition:
- (a.) 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.) 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.) 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.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.
- (a.) A working drift or level.
Compare gallery with other words:
gallery vs. gullery
gallery vs. landing
foyer vs. gallery
gallery vs. studio
gallery vs. porch
corridor vs. gallery
camonflet vs. gallery
countermine vs. gallery
auget vs. gallery
gallery vs. homonymy
boutique vs. gallery
balcony vs. gallery
gallery vs. traverse
gallery vs. pictorial
gallery vs. loggia
gallery vs. verandah
gallery vs. machicolation
gallery vs. triforium
gallery vs. oriel
gallery vs. veranda
gallery vs. regally
gallery vs. largely
gallery vs. promenade
auditorium vs. gallery
gallery vs. theater
area vs. gallery
gallery vs. seating
display vs. gallery
gallery vs. sell
establishment vs. gallery
buy vs. gallery
conservation vs. gallery
gallery vs. room
building vs. gallery
gallery vs. institution
gallery vs. mezzanine
drift vs. gallery
exhibition vs. gallery
gallery vs. loge
cove vs. gallery
gallery vs. museum