zeppelin

(zep′ə lin, zep′lin)

noun

any rigid airship: commonly used from 1900 to 1937

Origin: after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), Ger general who designed the original

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also Zep·pe·lin

noun

A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

Origin:

Origin: After Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German inventor who designed and manufactured the first motorized, rigid-frame dirigible balloon (1900).

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