A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.

a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers

named after its inventor, known as the gondola of London, a low-hung, single-seater, 2-wheeled cabriolet with driver mounted high, in the rear, on a dickey behind and the reins going over the top [example seen Ford Museum, Dearborn, 9/94].