Gallery

1. a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc. 2. the uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats. 3. the occupants of such an area in a theater. 4. the general public, especially when regarded as having popular or uncultivated tastes. 5. any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match, a Congressional session, etc. 6. a room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art. 7. a long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used especially as a walk or corridor. 8. Chiefly South Atlantic States. a long porch or portico; veranda. 9. a long, relatively narrow room, especially one for public use. 10. a corridor, especially one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment. 11. a raised, balconylike platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside. 12. a large room or building used for photography, target practice, or other special purposes: a shooting gallery. 13. a collection of art for exhibition. 14. Theater. a narrow, raised platform located beyond the acting area, used by stagehands or technicians to stand on when working. 15. Nautical. a projecting balcony or structure on the quarter or stern of a vessel. 16. Furniture. an ornamental railing or cresting surrounding the top of a table, stand, desk, etc. 17. Mining. a level or drift. 18. a small tunnel in a dam, mine, or rock, for various purposes, as inspection or drainage. 19. a passageway made by an animal. 20. Fortification Obsolete. an underground or covered passage to another part of a fortified position.