galley proof
noun Printing.
a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
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Origin of galley proof
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby galley proof
gallery wire, gallerygoer, galleryite, gallet, galley, galley proof, galley slave, galley-west, gallfly, galli-curci, gallia
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Example sentences from the Web for galley proof
It ought to have been published, but never got beyond the galley-proof stage.
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British Dictionary definitions for galley proof
galley proof
noun
a printer's proof, esp one taken on a long strip of paper from type in a galley, used to make corrections before the matter has been split into pagesOften shortened to: galley
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