dirigible
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒəbəl/ / /ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
adj
Etymology: From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
- steerable
noun
Etymology: From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
- 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.”