gallery

1. a. 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. Source: opted

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

3. a. 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. Source: opted

4. a. 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. Source: opted

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

6. a. A working drift or level. Source: opted

7. n. spectators at a golf or tennis match Source: wordnet

8. n. a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) Source: wordnet

9. n. a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited Source: wordnet

10. n. a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose Source: wordnet

11. n. a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) Source: wordnet

12. n. narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade Source: wordnet

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