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?