gon ‧ do ‧ la /ˈɡɒndələ $ ˈɡɑːn-, ɡɑːnˈdoʊlə/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: probably from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà 'to roll' ]
1 . a long narrow boat with a flat bottom and high points at each end, used on the ↑ canal s in Venice in Italy
2 . the place where passengers sit that hangs beneath an ↑ airship or ↑ balloon 1 (2)
3 . the enclosed part of a ↑ cable car where the passengers sit