Airship
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
to send or ship via aircraft:
to air-ship machine parts overseas.
Contemporary Examples
The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm.
Did Static Electricity Spark the Hindenburg Explosion? Justin Green March 3, 2013
The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.
Did Static Electricity Spark the Hindenburg Explosion? Justin Green March 3, 2013
Historical Examples
airship travel was scarcely a novelty to our heroes now, but, like many other things, there was always some new feature to it.
The Motor Boys Over the Ocean Clarence Young
A man may reject the miracle of Jonah and yet see an airship.
On the Vice of Novel Reading. Young E. Allison
She would write to her mother of their rescue of an airship.
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires Laura Dent Crane
The pioneer and airship divisions are placed with the advance guard.
Operations Upon the Sea Franz Edelsheim
The airship is on the market, ready to be purchased by whomsoever will pay the price.
Historic Inventions Rupert S. Holland
“It’s an airship, a dirigible,” announced the executive officer.
Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers H. Irving Hancock
Then intuitively he realized that it would just about clear the German airship.
Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound Alice B. Emerson
Even the treasures in the airship had lost their lure for him.
Omega, the Man Lowell Howard Morrow
noun
a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft Also called dirigible, zeppelin
n.
also air-ship, 1888, translating German Luftschiff “motor-driver dirigible;” see air (n.1) + ship (n.).
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- Airshow
a fair that features aircraft performing aerial stunts. Historical Examples Just before graduation they put on an airshow for our benefit. The Biography of a Rabbit Roy Benson noun an occasion when an air base is open to the public and a flying display and, usually, static exhibitions are held
- Air shower
a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- Airsick
afflicted with . Historical Examples Jenkins had been airsick once and didn’t want any more of the same. Castle of Terror E.J. Liston adjective sick or nauseated from travelling in an aircraft
- Airsickness
a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling. airsickness air·sick·ness (âr’sĭk’nĭs) n. A form of motion sickness caused by air flight and characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.