gondola
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dl noun
1.
a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
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3.
an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers up and down a ski slope or over scenic or treacherous terrain.
4.
Also called gondola car. an open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk freight and manufactured goods.
5.
a truck whose bed or trailer is a hopper, as for transporting mixed cement.
Origin:
1540–50; < Italian < Venetian, probably < Medieval Greek kontoúra small boat used in coastal navigation, noun use of feminine of kóntouros short, clipped, literally, dock-tailed, equivalent to Late Greek kont(ós), kond(ós) short + Greek -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail
1540–50; < Italian < Venetian, probably < Medieval Greek kontoúra small boat used in coastal navigation, noun use of feminine of kóntouros short, clipped, literally, dock-tailed, equivalent to Late Greek kont(ós), kond(ós) short + Greek -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail
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| —n | |
| 1. | a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice |
| 2. | a. a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon |
| b. a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc | |
| 3. | a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon |
| 5. | a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods |
| 6. | (Canadian) a broadcasting booth built close to the roof over an ice-hockey arena, used by commentators |
| [C16: from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Medieval Latin gondula, perhaps ultimately from Greek kondu drinking vessel] | |
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Word Origin & History
gondola
1549, from It. (Venetian) gondola, earlier goundel, from O.It. gondula, perhaps from Rhaeto-Romanic dial. gondola "roll, rock." Meaning "cabin of an airship" is 1896, though it was used hypothetically in 1881 in a prediction piece titled "300 Years Hence":
"You step into an aërial gondola ... and are at once borne upwards."
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Example sentences
You'll find yourself back at the top of the gondola ride, which will take you back down the mountain.
He's the urge, when one is riding in a gondola, to get up and start singing with the gondolier.
Tricky ascents are conquered by cable car, gondola, and cog train.
Optional non-walking activities include mountain biking, canoeing and gondola rides.
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