Gallery

gal′ėr-i, n. a balcony surrounded by rails: a long pa age: the upper floor of seats in a church or theatre: the persons occupying the gallery at a theatre: a room for the exhibition of works of art: ( fort. ) a covered pa age cut through the earth or masonry: a level or drive in a mine.— adj. Gall′eried , furnished with, or arranged like, a gallery.— Play to the gallery , to play so as to win the applause of the least intelligent amongst the spectators. [O. Fr. galerie (It. galleria ).]