Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAL'LER-Y, n. [Fr. galerie; Sp. and Port. galeria; It. galleria; Dan. gallerie; G. id.; D. galdery; Sw. galler-verck, and gall-rud. Lunier supposes this word to be from the root of G. wallen, to walk. But is it not a projection? See Gallant.]

1. In architecture, a covered part of a building, commonly in the wings, used as an ambulatory or a place for walking. – Encyc.
2. An ornamental walk or apartment in gardens, formed by trees. – Encyc.
3. In churches, a floor elevated on columns and furnished with pews or seats, usually ranged on three sides of the edifice. A similar structure in a play-house.
4. In fortification, a covered walk across the ditch of a town, made of beams covered with planks and loaded with earth. – Encyc.
5. In a mine, a narrow passage or branch of the mine carried under ground to a work designed to be blown up. – Encyc.
6. In a ship, a frame like a balcony projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship of war or of a large merchantman. That part at the stern, is called the stern-gallery; that at the quarters, the quarter-gallery.