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galley [origin uncertain; ? ult. < obs. dial. galligaskins leggings] 
n. See 1860 quote in Ojibwa snowshoe.
See also: Ojibwa snowshoe gillie
- 1743 (1949) Galley shoes are in two pieces Narrow at the top and turns up a Little, and sharpe at the Hee'l.
- 1775 (1949) Their Snow Shoes are like the Gallies described before only the inside part of the frame is in a streight line.
- 1957 The form of these "galleys" or "gillies" is traditional, but the front and rear panels are woven of fine twine instead of babiche.
- 1743 (1949) Galley shoes are in two pieces Narrow at the top and turns up a Little, and sharpe at the Hee'l.