in architecture, a covered place in a house, much longer than broad, and usually in the wings of a building; its use being chiefly to walk in.

in fortification, a covered walk across the ditch of a town, made of strong beams, covered over head with planks, and loaded with earth: sometimes it is covered with raw hides to defend it from the artificial fires of the besieged.

GALLERY of a mine, is a narrow passage, or branch of a mine carried on under ground to a work designed to be blown up.

in a ship, that beautiful frame, which is made in the form of a balcony, at the stern of a ship without board; into which there is a passage out of the admiral's or captain's cabin, and is for the ornament of the ship.