gallery

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A gallery

Etymology

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gallery (plural galleries)

  2. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
    Hyponym: art gallery
    Coordinate term: museum
    In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.
    Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.
  4. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
    Coordinate term: gallerist's
    Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
    Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
  6. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
  8. (by extension, metonymically) The spectators at an event, collectively.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    appealing to the gallery
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:
      Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
  10. (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
    appealing to the gallery
  12. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
    elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
  14. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a word processor
  16. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
    the galleries of the fort
  18. (mining) A level or drive in a mine.
    the lower galleries
  20. (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
    the main gallery
    • 2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92:
      At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.
    • 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164:
      Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.
  22. (television) The production control room.
  24. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
    Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
    Comeronyms: diffuser, shade, bulb, wiring
    opaline lights with brass galleries
  26. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
    Holonym: monocle
    Comeronyms: ring, lens
    adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
  28. (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
    beetle gallery

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Verb

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “gallery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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