[ 'gɒndələ ]
■ noun
1》 a light flat-bottomed boat used on Venetian canals, having a high point at each end and worked by one oar at the stern.
2》 a cabin on a ski lift, or suspended from an airship or balloon.
3》 (also ~ car ) N. Amer. an open railway freight wagon.
4》 Brit. a free-standing block of shelves used to display goods in a supermarket.
Origin
C16: from Venetian Ital., from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà 'to rock, roll'.