noun
dirigible
Dirigible (noun) means an airship that can be steered and powered under its own control.
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An airship that can be steered and powered under its own control.
"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."
— Katie Rogers, Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a … Chinese Spy Balloon? (2023)
"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?"
— Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)
"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."
— AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd (1980)
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Etymology
From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
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What is the meaning of dirigible?
"dirigible" (noun) means an airship that can be steered and powered under its own control.
What is another word for dirigible?
Other words for "dirigible" include airship.
