Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A shadow play performed by casting the shadows of miniature figures on a screen or wall.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps from Italian galanti, pl. of galante, a gallant, from Old French galant; see gallant.]

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