fire balloon

American  

noun

1. a montgolfier.

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Etymology

Origin of fire balloon

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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fire balloon

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

A body of the students who had imbibed from the Professor of Natural Philosophy an enthusiasm about aerostation, proposed to raise money for the sufferers by making and exhibiting a huge fire balloon.

From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William

Then Nan had a big fire balloon that she sent up, and they watched it until it was out of sight, away over the pond and clear out of Meadow Brook.

From The Bobbsey Twins in the Country by Hope, Laura Lee

The brothers Braguet were to make an ascent from the Mustapha Plain in a small fire balloon heated with burning straw, and this risky performance was successfully carried out by the enterprising aeronauts.

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