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1. a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat, rowed by an oarsman at the stern: used on the canals in Venice, Italy. 2. a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or airship. Compare car (def. 3). 3. an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers, as up and down a ski slope. 4. Also called gonâ²dola car`. an open railroad freight car with low sides.
A Lamborghini Gallardo, the flagship car of the Italian traffic police, has been written off in a collision with a Seat. A view of a black van sitting on top of a smashed Lamborghini Gallardo Photo: EPA. 12:35PM GMT 01 Dec 2009. In a blow to the pride taken by Italy's police in their two most glamorous patrol vehicles, one of the cars was clipped by a Seat as the more modest car was edging its way out of a petrol station near Cremona.