in fortification, a covered walk across the ditch of a town, made of strong beams covered over 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 underground to a work designed to be blown up. See Mine.

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.