a long narrow flat-bottomed boat used on the canals of Venice
an enclosure suspended from a balloon for carrying passengers or instruments
a cabin suspended from a cable and used for transporting passengers, e.g. up a ski slope
a fixture approachable from all sides used in self-service retail shops to display merchandise
NAmer an open railway goods wagon with a flat bottom and fixed sides
[Italian gondola from medieval Latin gondula, dimin. of (assumed) vulgar Latin condua]