Definition of: gallery

(gal′ər·ē) noun plural ·ler·ies
1. A long, narrow balcony or other passage having balustrades or rails and projecting from the inner or outer wall of a building.
2. U.S. In the South, a veranda.
3. A platform with seats which projects from the rear or side walls of a theater, legislative chamber, church, etc., out over the main floor; specifically, in a theater, the highest of such platforms, containing the cheapest seats.
4. The audience occupying the gallery seats; hence, the general public.
5. Naut. A balcony projecting from the after part of a ship's hull.
6. A long, narrow room or corridor.
7. A room or building used for the display of works of art.
8. A collection of works of art.
9. A room suggestive of a gallery, used for business purposes: a shooting gallery; a photographer's gallery.
10. Mil. & Mining A horizontal underground passage; a driftway.
11. An underground passage made by an animal.
—v. gal·ler·ied, gal·ler·y·ing v.t. To furnish or adorn with a gallery or galleries.
—v.i. Mil. To make an underground passage. [<F galerie <Med. L galeria,? alter. of galilaea a Galilee porch]