Read full poem →The metal of the gun,
The engine of the airship
Trace somehow from the sun.
Dictionary Entry
A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
In a Sentence
“Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. airshipairship rigidairship germanairship firstairship naval
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Poetry examples for “airship”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.