SINCE 1828
whispering gallery
noun
variants:
or
whispering dome
Definition of whispering gallery
: a gallery or dome so constructed that sounds produced in the area are concentrated in another by reflection from the walls so that feeble sounds are audible at an extraordinary distance
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