balloon barrage

American  

noun

1. a series of moored balloons, usually strung together and hung with cables, for impeding a low-level attack by enemy aircraft.

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Etymology

Origin of balloon barrage

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

During the war, Winfield was commandeered by the Royal Air Force balloon barrage unit with officers reportedly playing football in the gardens.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

What it had were three fluid fortresses: the R. A. F., the balloon barrage, antiaircraft batteries.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took 17 days to make a single shot of London's embattled Tower Bridge, and the completed sequence shows part of London's balloon barrage hovering in the sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

In London balloon barrage crews, on the alert 24 hours a day, inflated their tricky sausages and let them up 700 feet�far lower than would be needed to entangle a real enemy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In my garden at Lambeth Palace are men who supply the balloon barrage and one of the balloons rises and descends every day in the garden.

From Time Magazine Archive