n.
(pl. galleries)
- a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
- a balcony or upper floor projecting from a back or side wall inside a hall or church.
- the highest balcony in a theatre, having the cheapest seats.
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(the gallery)
a group of spectators, especially those at a golf tournament.
- a long room or passage forming a portico or colonnade.
- a horizontal underground passage in a mine.
Phrase
- play to the gallery
aim to appeal to popular taste.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from Ital. galleria ‘gallery’, formerly also ‘church porch’, from med. L. galeria.