A large ship with sails and oars used historically, or the kitchen of a ship or aircraft.
From Old French 'galie,' possibly from Italian 'galea,' and ultimately from Greek 'galea.' The word originally described a Mediterranean warship before expanding to mean any ship's kitchen.
A galley kitchen in your house is called that because it's narrow and efficient like a ship's galley—architects borrowed the term from nautical design, showing how specialized vocabulary travels between fields.
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