Definition of "quarter-gallery" []

• Nautical, a projecting balcony on each of the quarters, and sometimes on the stern, of a large ship; also, a small structure on the quarters of a ship, containing the water-closet and bath-tub. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A soldier of the 69th Regiment having broken the upper quarter-gallery window, I jumped in myself, and was followed by others as fast as possible."
• "She leaned over the quarter-gallery, and looked back and back toward England far away; and as she looked she sang:"
• "And Nelson was covered with dust from the quarter-gallery of a pounded ship, which he had not stopped to brush away."