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Meanings of sausage balloon in English

A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.

        Usage of sausage balloon in English
        1
        On the other hand, we have just a few days hence seen a sausage balloon destroyed by our men.
        Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
        2
        There are two sausage balloons sitting up aloft, and some aeroplanes coming and going.
        Elizabeth's Campaign
        3
        I have counted thirty-three British sausage balloons within my range of vision from a hill.
        My Second Year of the War
        4
        Dale's fingers felt swollen and clumsy, useless sausage balloons.
        A Winter Haunting
        5
        The Germans haven't any aeroplanes up to enable them to see us and no sausage balloons, either.
        My Second Year of the War
        6
        A row of sausage balloons like a barber's rash adorned the sky as far as the eye could see.
        No Man's Land