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long gallery in American Englishnouna large gallery, found esp. in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade Examples of 'long gallery' in a sentencelong gallery In the long gallery a candle sputters like yet another sylph.Chatsworth has been blessed with a long gallery of romantic characters, its women in particular.In this blend of antique and modern, there is a library, a long gallery, plus a minstrels' gallery and cinema.A long gallery approached by short flights of steps lends ceremony to the walk to the dining room.A long gallery's walls held portraits of people in grand costumes. |