Noun: galley
| Singular | galley |
| Plural | galleys |
Sample Sentences
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It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book. [1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8:]
Nouns inflected like galley
chimney,
honey,
attorney,
donkey,
galley,
monkey,
turkey,
pulley,
valley,
storey,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea)der.
3. Latin galeader.
4. Old French galeeder.
5. Middle English galeie
6. English galley
7. From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”). See: Middle English Nouns '
galeie', Latin Nouns '
galea', Ancient Greek Nouns '
γαλέη'.
Verbs referencing "galley"
Swedish Nouns
galeja.