Galley /(?)/

Gal·ley

Galley

n.

pl. Galleys

  1. A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not (Naut.)
  2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  3. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. (Chem.)
  4. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. (Print.)

Phrases & Compounds
Galley slave
a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley.
Galley slice
a sliding false bottom to a large galley.