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Look up: gondola

  1. Gondola
    A gondola is an ornamental type of barge navigated on the canals of Venice.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. gondola
    Display shelves and racks that form aisles in a retail store. See wall shelving.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  3. gondola
    [Noun] Plural form: gondolas. A kind of boat that you normally find in Venice, or a type of cable car for people, usually to get them to the top of a mountain.
    Example: There was a very famous ice cream advert where a man sang in a gondola in Venice.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  4. gondola
    [n] - long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. gondola
    a survey of a group of stores would reveal a long list of displays that would include the following forms:...counter-case and end-of-counter displays (--).. Category: Commerce - movement of goods • an uphill ski lift that carries several skiers in each of a series of enclosed aerial cars...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Gondola
    Gon'do·la noun [ Italian , dim. of gonda a gondola; confer Late Latin gandeia a kind of boat, Greek ... a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; confer French gondole gondola, cup.] 1. A long, narrow boat with a high pr...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/43

  7. Gondola
    Gon'do·la noun (Aëronautics) An elongated car under a dirigible.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/43

  8. gondola
    1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of V...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Gondola
    • (n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. gondola
    (from the article `freight car`) ...may be either gondola or hopper cars. Hoppers are used to haul bulk freight such as coal, gravel, and grain; they have either several discharge ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/47

  11. gondola
    tapered, 32-foot- (10-metre-) long flat-bottomed boat historically associated with the canals and lagoon of Venice, carrying from two to six ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/47

  12. Gondola
    Small suspended cars that carry four to ten skiers at a time up the mountain
    Found on http://www.jobmonkey.com/ski/html/glossa

  13. Gondola
    Small suspended cars that carry four to ten skiers at a time up the mountain.
    Found on http://www.jobmonkey.com/ski/html/glossa

  14. Gondola
    The `gondola` is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian Lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief means of transportation and most common watercraft within Venice. In modern times the iconic boats still have a role in public transport in ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola

  15. Gondola
    (rail) In railroad terminology, a `gondola` is an open-top type of rolling stock that is used for carrying loose bulk materials. Because of its low side walls, gondolas are used to carry either very dense material, such as steel plates or coils, or bulky items such as prefabricated pieces of ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola

  16. Gondola
    (disambiguation) A gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, best known today for transporting sightseeing tourists along the canals of Venice. The term gondola is also used to describe the passenger/instrument area or basket of an airship or balloon (aircraft), or the passenger cars of ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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