airship

[air-ship] /ˈɛərˌʃɪp/
noun
1.
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
Compare blimp.
Origin
1810-20, for an earlier sense; air1 + ship

air-ship

[air-ship] /ˈɛərˌʃɪp/
verb (used with object), air-shipped, air-shipping.
1.
to send or ship via aircraft:
to air-ship machine parts overseas.
Origin
1950-1955
Related forms
air-shippable, adjective
Examples from the web for airship
  • Such a airship could stand up to winds much better, a fatal flaw in airships.
  • Carl escapes the old folks home with a balloon-house airship.
  • One company insider testified that the initial demo of the airship was a fraud.
  • The idea of an airship with hydrogen is interesting, for cargo.
  • Advances in airship technology have not been tested in actual operations, and considerable risks remain.
  • He was the first to envision an elongated airship in place of the spherical balloon.
  • The airship will be used to detect oil, direct skimming vessels, and look for wildlife that may be threatened by oil.
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British Dictionary definitions for airship

airship

/ˈɛəˌʃɪp/
noun
1.
a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft Also called dirigible, zeppelin
Word Origin and History for airship
n.

also air-ship, 1888, translating German Luftschiff "motor-driver dirigible;" see air (n.1) + ship (n.).