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Dirigible   Listen
adjective
Dirigible  adj.  Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dirigible" Quotes from Famous Books



... describe the method used by Zeppelins in dropping bombs. The dirigible is kept as much as possible out of range of the enemy's guns while it lowers a steel cage, attached to a steel rope, 200 or 300 feet long. The cage carries a man who throws down the bombs. Because of the ...
— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell



Words linked to "Dirigible" :   steerable, barrage balloon, lighter-than-air craft, gondola, Graf Zeppelin, manageable, car, airship, zeppelin, blimp, sausage balloon, sausage



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