barrage balloon in English

noun
1
a large balloon anchored to the ground by cables and often with netting suspended from it, serving as an obstacle to low-flying enemy aircraft.
She said she made a blouse and a skating skirt for her daughter using material from a barrage balloon , which was shot down at her husband's airbase.

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1. 5 The winch man was running out the cable,(www.Sentencedict.com) allowing the barrage balloon to rise.

2. Barrage balloon - an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low sausage balloon, blimp, sausage - a small nonrigid Airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

3. Synonyms for Blimp noun any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon Want to thank TFD for its existence?