Definition of gallery
- 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.