Gondola

Gondola
GONDOLA s. (Lat. gondola). Small, flat and very long boat which is particularly used in Venice, as means of transportation over canals, and which can only be rowed.
— Small, long and narrow drinking vessel, with neither foot nor handle and which draws its name from its resemblance to Venice gondolas.

Extract from the Trousset encyclopedia, 1886 – 1891.

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