fire balloon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire balloon
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Winds gusting through a vast tinderbox of undergrowth made the fire balloon in size and merge with a smaller blaze.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
The balloon used was a Montgolfier, or fire balloon, and, in spite of its ready inflation, MM.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
As he had made many a fire balloon, and had succeeded in some attempts at bringing down cats by parachutes, it was not very difficult to fly downwards from moderate elevations.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Thomas De Quincey
But now I had found the happiness that Shelley found when he tied a pamphlet to a fire balloon.
From The Trembling of the Veil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
And now 'tis night; beneath the bright saloon, All eyes are raised to see the fire balloon, Till swells the silk 'midst acclamations loud, And the light lanthorn shoots above the crowd!
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
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