galley

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

• noun A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.
• noun An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.
• noun A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.
• noun The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.
• noun A long, usually metal tray, used for assembling lines of printers' type in composing proofs and pages.
• noun A proof made with printer's type before page composition to allow for the detection and correction of errors.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A sea-going vessel propelled by oars, or using both oars and sails.
• noun A state barge; a large boat, especially one used in display; in a special use, an open boat formerly employed on the Thames in England by custom-house officers and press-gangs, and for pleasure.
• noun A boat, somewhat larger than a gig, appropriated for the captain's use on a war-ship. [Eng.]
• noun The cook-room, kitchen, or caboose of a merchant ship, man-of-war, or steamer; also, the stove or range in the galley.
• noun In printing, an oblong shallow tray of brass or wood, rarely of zinc, on which the compositor deposits his type.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
• noun A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
• noun A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
• noun A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
• noun One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
• noun The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
• noun (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
• noun An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
• noun A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
• noun a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley.
• noun (Print.) a sliding false bottom to a large galley.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun nautical A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
• noun UK A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
• noun nautical One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
• noun nautical The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
• noun An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
• noun printing An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
• noun printing A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

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

• noun a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
• noun the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
• noun the area for food preparation on a ship
• noun (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars