galleries

noun pl. galleries

1. 1. a covered walk open at one side or having the roof supported by pillars; colonnade
   2. Chiefly South a veranda or porch
2. a long, narrow balcony on the outside of a building
3. a platform projecting at either quarter or around the stern of an early sailing ship
4. 1. a platform or projecting upper floor attached to the back wall or sides of a church, theater, etc.; esp., the highest of a series of such platforms in a theater, with the cheapest seats
   2. the cheapest seats in a theater
   3. the people occupying these seats, sometimes regarded as exemplifying popular tastes
   4. the spectators at a sporting event, legislative meeting, etc.
5. a long, narrow corridor or room
6. a place or establishment for exhibiting or dealing in artworks
7. any of the display rooms of a museum
8. a collection of paintings, statues, etc.
9. ☆ a room or establishment used as a photographer's studio, for practice in shooting at targets, etc.
10. an underground passage, as one made by an animal, or one used in mining or military engineering
11. a low railing of wood or metal around the edge of a table, shelf, etc.

Origin: ME < OFr galerie, gallerie, long portico, gallery < ML galeria, prob. < galilaea: see galilee (porch)

transitive verb galleried, gallerying