galley
part of speech
noun (a galley, galleys)
meaning for a pupil
1) A galley is the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane. tree →
2) (history) A galley was a long ship moved mainly by many oars, often rowed by slaves or prisoners, used by ancient Greeks, Romans and in the Mediterranean. tree →
3) (printing) A galley (or galley proof) is a long first printing of a text, used to check for mistakes. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An ancient ship moved by oars, a warship or trading ship. Interpretation: Isaiah promises that God's glory will protect Jerusalem, so no enemy fleet will reach it. The tradition reads this as the safety of the redeemed Zion. In the primary lessons: In history lessons galleys appear with the Romans, Vikings (longships are similar) and sea battles. In stories about ships, the cook works in the galley. On a plane, the flight attendants prepare food in the galley. Phrases: «galley slave», «ship's galley».
examples
- But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. (Prophets ISA.33.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- The cook made soup in the ship's galley. tree →
- Roman galleys had rows of oars. tree →
- Galley slaves rowed in chains. tree →
- The flight attendant went to the galley to get drinks. tree →
- The narrow galley on our boat had a tiny stove. tree →
- Pirates attacked the galley near the coast. tree →
- "Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars." tree →
note
Countable: a galley, galleys (y → s after a vowel). Do not confuse with «gallery» (a place for art) or «gully» (a small valley). A galley kitchen in a house is a narrow kitchen like a ship's.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «galley» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.