Meanings of moored balloons in anglès

! The provost pulled up a chair and settled in, staring at the undulating bubble, suspended like a tethered balloon beneath the water.

A captive balloon had signalled the position, and shrapnels were bursting close.

The usefulness of the captive balloon in this war is doubtful.

These endeavours culminated in the Parseval-Siegsfeld captive balloon, which has a quaint appearance.

A captive balloon should be arranged for the use of visitors.

Shackleton's gasoline motor-car and Scott's captive balloon were of considerable but limited use.

The captive balloons, and other landmarks, enabled them to keep to their course.

With regard to observations from captive balloons much depends on circumstances.

In communicating between points on land, poles of great height can be used, or captive balloons.

We saw two captive balloons, used by the French to direct artillery fire on their enemies.

This lamentable deficiency was remedied in great measure by recourse to topographical photographs taken from the captive balloons.

Colorful lanterns are strung up and blowing in the wind like tethered balloons.

But interest in lighter-than-air vehicles-from rigid airships and soft blimps, to tethered balloons and hybrid balloon-kites-remainsstrongin the military.