ballonet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ballonet
From French, dating back to 1900–05; see origin at balloon, -et
Example Sentences
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The immediate cause may have been a leaky valve permitting the gas to escape, or a faulty air-pump which made prompt filling of the ballonet impossible.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
This attachment serves the purpose of a ballonet.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
He may thus be said to have invented the ballonet, or air-chamber of the balloon, and to be the father of later successful airships.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
To secure the necessary inclination of the balloon while in flight, air can be transferred from one of the compensators, say at the fore end of the ship, into the ballonet in the aft part.
From The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton
It appears to be rearing up on end, as if the extremity saddled with the ballonet were weighted.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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