gallery

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

2. 2adjective

   A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.

3. 3adjective

   A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.

4. 4adjective

   A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850.

5. 5adjective

   Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.

6. 6adjective

   A working drift or level.

7. 7noun

   a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

   "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

   Synonyms

   driftheading
8. 8noun

   narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

9. 9noun

   a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

10. 10noun

    a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose

    "shooting gallery"

11. 11noun

    a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

12. 12noun

    a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

    Synonyms

    verandaverandah
13. 13noun

    spectators at a golf or tennis match