Gallery

English Meaning

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.

1. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
2. A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
3. A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
4. A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, generally marked by a colonnade or arcade.
5. Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave. Also called tribune2.
6. Southwestern Gulf States See veranda.
7. An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
8. The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
9. The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
10. The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
11. A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
12. The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication: accused the administration of playing to the gallery on the defense issue.
13. A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
14. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
15. A photographer's studio.
16. A collection; an assortment: The trial featured a gallery of famous and flamboyant witnesses.
17. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
18. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
19. Nautical A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.
20. A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.