fire balloon

American  

noun

1. a montgolfier.

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Etymology

Origin of fire balloon

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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

Mr. Tytler has made several improvements upon his fire balloon.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

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 downward from moderate elevations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

Again it is a Montgolfier or fire balloon, and on nearing earth it becomes entangled in a tree and catches fire.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

As soon as it did, a fire balloon was sent up.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various