airships

 [air-ship]  

air·ship

   [air-ship]
noun
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
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Origin:
1810–20, for an earlier sense; air1 + ship

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air-ship

   [air-ship]
verb (used with object), air-shipped, air-ship·ping.
to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.
Origin:
1950–1955

Related forms
air-ship·pa·ble, adjective
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