quarter-galleryn.
/ˈkwɔːtəˌɡal(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdərˌɡæl(ə)ri/ Nautical.
1. A kind of balcony with windows projecting from the quarter or quarters of a large sailing vessel. Cf. gallery n. 2d.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > balcony or gallery at stern or quarter
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1740 J. Dean True Narr. Ship Sussex 8 They now had got the Ship in a Trim for the Sea, having..repaired her Quarter Gallery that was stove by the Mizen-mast.
1796 Ld. Nelson 10 Mar. in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. xxxvii The very heavy gales..carried away the starboard quarter-gallery.
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 363 He saw that the captain had thrown himself into the sea from the quarter-gallery.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 239 Pulled them out of the quarter gallery.
1891 Cent. Dict. 4898/1 Quarter-gallery. A projecting balcony on each of the quarters, and sometimes on the stern, of a large ship.
1905 J. Masefield Sea Life Nelson's Time i. 13 Round the stern of each ship, outside the glazed cabin windows..ran a quarter gallery or stern walk, on which the captain could take his pleasure.
1992 Winterthur Portfolio 27 216 On the back part of the starboard quarter gallery was a large figure of Neptune, and on the larboard gallery a fine figure of Mars.
2. A small projection on the quarter of a sailing ship containing a privy. Now historical.
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1842 Times 5 Mar. 5/2 As for himself (Sir C. Napier), when he got the secret order, he put it in the only place fit to receive it—the quarter gallery. (Roars of laughter.)
1890 Cent. Dict. 4898/1 Quarter-gallery. A small structure on the quarters of a ship, containing the water-closet and bath-tub.
1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen-gun Salute ix. 293 Before recording the figures he had retired to the quarter-gallery, his privy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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quarter-gallery
d. Nautical. A balcony built outside the body of a ship, at the stern ( stern-gallery), or at the quarters ( quarter-gallery).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > balcony or gallery at stern or quarter
gallery1627
balcony1666
quarter-gallery1740
stern-gallery1842
stern-walk1867
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 11 The Brackets are little carued knees to support the Galleries.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1393/1 During which time, our Quarter took fire, and burnt the Gallery, but we happily quencht it.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 313 As to her Quarter, the Carpenters made her a neat little Gallery on either Side.
1797 Ld. Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 41 A soldier..having broken the upper quarter-gallery window, I jumped in.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 37 From her poop and galleries, the enemy sorely annoyed..the British.
1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles i. 14 They lay under the stern gallery of the frigate.
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