Usually means: Ancient ships propelled by oars.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. galleys: Merriam-Webster
  2. galleys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. galleys: Collins English Dictionary
  4. galleys: Vocabulary.com
  5. Galley's, Galleys, galley's, galleys: Wordnik
  6. galleys: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Galleys, galleys: Wiktionary
  8. Galleys, galleys: Dictionary.com
  9. galleys: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Galleys: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Galleys: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Galleys: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. galleys: FreeDictionary.org
  14. galleys: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. galleys: Encyclopedia

(Note: See galley as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Galley)

noun:  (nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
noun:  (British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
noun:  (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
noun:  (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
noun:  An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
noun:  (printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
noun:  (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
noun:  (heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see galley


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