a stretch of forest along a river in an area of otherwise open country
gallery forest in American English
noun
a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country
Also called: fringing forest
Word origin
[1915–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: decoder, feedback, markup, supernationalism, takeout
Examples of 'gallery forest' in a sentence
gallery forest
They could hear the sounds of the gallery forest, including the intermittent calls of the wild bird.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)