Quadrireme vs. Galley — What's the Difference?

A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.

A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and railing).

A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

A low, flat ship with one or more sails and up to three banks of oars, chiefly used for warfare or piracy and often manned by slaves or criminals.

The kitchen in a ship or aircraft.

A printer's proof in the form of long single-column strips, not in sheets or pages.

A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.

An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.

A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.

The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.

A long, usually metal tray, used for assembling lines of printers' type in composing proofs and pages.

A proof made with printer's type before page composition to allow for the detection and correction of errors.

A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

The area for food preparation on a ship