galley proof

1. 1.

   a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages

   Broaderproof

Questions about galley proof

What does galley proof mean?

galley proof means "a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages".

Is galley proof a common word?

galley proof is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.