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
Looking where her mother pointed, Martine saw a great fire balloon soaring slowly into the air.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Reed, Helen Leah
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
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
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
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