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Definition of Galley proof
1. Noun. A proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages.
Definition of Galley proof
1. Noun. (printing) A trial page or proof of continuous text that has not been divided into pages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galley Proof
Literary usage of Galley proof
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newspaper Writing and Editing by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1913)
"To " pull a galley proof" is to make a printed copy of the type in the tray.
Each " proof " is carefully compared with the copy so that errors made by ..."
2. Good Engineering Literature: What to Read and how to Write by Harwood Frost (1911)
"The galley proof, together with its take of manuscript, is sent to the proof room.
... The first galley proof, known as the OFFICE PROOF, is read twice. ..."
3. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"... Forme and Letter-Board Racks — galley proof Presses — Rule and Lead Cutter —
Bodkin, Tweezers, and Shears. EFORE proceeding to the matter of ..."
4. Composition, Rhetoric, Literature: A Four Years' Course for Secondary Schools by Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson (1913)
"The first proof, or impression, made after a piece of writing is placed in type
is called the galley proof (from the frame in which the type is set). ..."
5. The Building of a Book: A Series of Practical Articles by Frederick Hills Hitchcock (1906)
"This is the proof known as a "galley-proof," and is, in book work, ...
The galley-proof, with the corresponding copy, is then handed to the proof-reader, ..."
6. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"The galley proof of the letterpress began to come on February 6. The interested
reader may have ... This was done in the galley proof on February 10, 1899. ..."
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