1. Long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
   "Tourists enjoyed a romantic ride in a gondola along the Venetian canals"
    
2. The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
   "The passengers boarded the gondola of the zeppelin";
   - car
    
3. A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
   "The train consisted of several gondola cars loaded with coal";
   - gondola car

Derived forms: gondolas

Type of: boat, compartment, freight car

Part of: airship, dirigible [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Gondola