dirigible
noun/ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒəbəl/UK/ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/US
Etymology
From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
- derived from dirigeable
Definitions
A self-propelled airship that can be steered.
- Do you know, Louis, of any great secret military camp where a surprise fleet of dirigibles and flying machines of a new and terrible pattern is being formed by a far-seeing Government as a reserve against the day of Armageddon?
- On the opposite wall, the R101 tragedy is recalled by the airship's tattered ensign in a glass case, a plaque from the Royal Airship Works and a photograph of the dirigible at her moorings.
- People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down.
steerable
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA