ballonet
[bal-uh-ney]
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noun
an air or gasbag compartment in a balloon or airship, used to control buoyancy and maintain shape.
Origin of ballonet
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The magneto was run by a belt from one of the ballonet blowers.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1Walter Raleigh.
There are two noteworthy innovations in connection with the ballonet.
Special features is a "belly" of Para rubber in lieu of a ballonet.
The air pump, which should have pumped the ballonet full of air to keep the balloon rigid failed to work.
Aircraft and SubmarinesWillis J. Abbot.
(p. 067) The balloon frame was divided into seventeen compartments, each of which held a ballonet filled with hydrogen gas.
Aircraft and SubmarinesWillis J. Abbot.
ballonet
noun
Word Origin for ballonet
C20: from French ballonnet a little balloon
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