Gondola
['gɒndələ] or ['ɡɑndələ]
Definition
(noun.) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice.
Typed by Barnaby--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.
(n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight.
(n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.
Typist: Murray
Definition
n. a long narrow boat (averaging 30 feet by 4) used chiefly on the canals of Venice—(Spens.) Gon′delay.—n. Gondolier (gon′dol-ēr) one who rows a gondola.
Edited by Ian
Unserious Contents or Definition
A pleasure craft which plies in Venice, at World's Fairs and other popular watering places. From Eng. gone, and Lat. dolor, sadness, or Eng. dollar. Sadness gone; also, a gone dollar.
Edited by Diana
Examples
- At any rate, it was more like a hearse than any thing else, though to speak by the card, it was a gondola. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I crawled down between the gondola and the shelter of the high freight-car behind. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We could have spared a--hum--gondola for that purpose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We see business men come to the front door, step into a gondola, instead of a street car, and go off down town to the counting-room. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We see staid families, with prayer-book and beads, enter the gondola dressed in their Sunday best, and float away to church. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This the famed gondola and this the gorgeous gondolier! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Venetian gondola is as free and graceful, in its gliding movement, as a serpent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And this was the storied gondola of Venice! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When I go about here in a gondola, I surprise myself looking into other gondolas as if I hoped to see them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We have been pretty much every where in our gondola. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- However, when I observed that the other gondolas had sailed away, and my gondolier was preparing to go overboard, I stopped. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We see little girls and boys go out in gondolas with their nurses, for an airing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Wrecks of gondolas, and some few uninjured ones, were strewed on the beach at Fusina. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then I saw a low open car of the sort they call gondolas coming, covered with canvas. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When I go about here in a gondola, I surprise myself looking into other gondolas as if I hoped to see them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Lucas