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a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

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  1. n. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
  2. A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.
  3. A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of acylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gascells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It wasfirst successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.
  4. n:100 n. German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917) n. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs