different between customhouse vs galley

English

Noun

customhouse (plural customhouses)

1. Alternative spelling of custom house

English

Etymology

From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek ????? (galéa) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek ????? (galé?), a kind of a small fish, from ?????? (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”). Doublet of galea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æli/
• Rhymes: -æli

Noun

galley (plural galleys)

2. (nautical, historical) 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.
3. (Britain) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
4. (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
5. (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
6. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
7. (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.
8. (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
9. (heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

Synonyms

• (heraldry) lymphad

Derived terms

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See also

• bireme
• trireme
• quadrireme
• unireme/monoreme/penteconter
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme
• Galley Common

Further reading

• galley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• egally