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fire balloon

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noun

a montgolfier.

Origin of fire balloon

First recorded in 1815–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for fire balloon

Historical Examples of fire balloon

You are a fire-balloon: you are going to burn yourself up with what you carry.
Vittoria, Complete
George Meredith
I could make you a kite as big as a house or a fire-balloon.
The Incredible Honeymoon
E. Nesbit
On another occasion, some experimental gentlemen of science, brought a fire-balloon near the pasturage one night after dark.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851
Various
But I made a fire-balloon out of it afterwards, and we were all pretty glad that we had it aboard.
Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895
Various
You had really better keep yourself dry, said the Fire-balloon.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde