gondolev.
/ɡɒnˈdəʊl/ intransitive. To travel in a gondola. Also transitive, to propel (a gondola).
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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific type of craft
to barge it1599
boat?1630
canoe1732
shallop1737
raft1741
scow1749
steam1832
yacht1836
screw1840
steamer1866
gondole1874
kayak1875
sail1898
tramp1899
motor-boat1903
barge1909
hover1962
power1964
motor1968
jet-ski1978
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > specific type of craft
gondole1928
1874 W. James Let. 13 Feb. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 354 Three days have I gondoled and picture-gazed, under a cloudless sky.
1928 Daily Express 6 July 13/6 Sir Robert Witt..used to ‘gondole’ his own gondola when he went to Venice.
1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond 281 The one who had lent us this palazzo had left his servants in it—a cook and a gondolier—so we gondoled everywhere and ate well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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