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单词 galley proof
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galley proof

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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.

Origin of galley proof

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby galley proof

galleryite, gallery tray, gallery wire, gallet, galley, galley proof, galley slave, galley-west, gallfly, Gallia, galliambic
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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.

    The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)|Dean Conant Worcester
  • "Cut out these fine shades and go back to galley-proof," I said, sullenly.

    The Adventures of a Modest Man|Robert W. Chambers

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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