galley proof

American  

noun

Printing.

1. 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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galley proof British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: galley.  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 pages

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Etymology

Origin of galley proof

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.

From The Wall Street Journal

I should have sent her the galley proofs the moment I received them.

From Los Angeles Times

A math professor, of all people, gave me my first Murakami, an uncorrected galley proof of “The Elephant Vanishes” — a gateway drug to his brand of surrealism, which refuses to admit it is surreal.

From Los Angeles Times

Also this week, local journalist and author Paulette Perhach said she was busy editing references to Alexie out of the galley proofs for her new book, “Welcome to the Writer’s Life.”

From Seattle Times

When Grant finished the manuscript in July 1885, it was rushed into galley proof.

From The Guardian