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gondola(dictionary)
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La Gondola(tourism)

gondola (iou)



gondola noun. M16.
[Venetian Italian, from Rhaeto-Romance gondola to roll or rock.]
1. A light asymmetric flat-bottomed boat used on the Venetian canals, having a high pointed prow and stern and usu. propelled by a single oar at the stern. M16.
H. James A gondola passed along the canal with its slow rhythmical plash.
2. A large light flat-bottomed riverboat; a lighter, used also as a gunboat. US. L17.
3. A car or nacelle attached to the underside of a dirigible or airship; something resembling this. M19.
I. Asimov Balloons with sealed gondolas reach the stratosphere.
4. More fully gondola-car, gondola-wagon. An open railway goods wagon with low sides. US. L19.
Time Hopping aboard slow-moving railroad gondolas to knock off a few chunks of coal.
5. A car attached to a ski-lift. M20.
Skiing Today Ride a chair or gondola a couple of thousand feet up into the heart of the..mountains.
6. An island display counter in a self-service shop. M20.
gondole verb trans. & intrans. row or travel in a gondola L19.
gondolet noun a small (Venetian) gondola E17.