galleys

noun

• 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.
• A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
• One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
• The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
• An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
• An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
• A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
• A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.