barrage balloon
11barrage balloon — a balloon or blimp, usually one of several anchored around a military area, city, etc., from which wires or nets are hung as a protection against attacks from low flying aircraft. [1920 25] * * * …
12barrage balloon — noun A tethered balloon, attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low flying enemy aircraft; used especially in World War II …
13barrage balloon — noun a large anchored balloon, typically with netting suspended from it, serving as an obstacle to low flying enemy aircraft …
14barrage balloon — noun (C) a large bag that floats in the air to prevent enemy planes from flying near the ground …
15barrage balloon — See fatty …
16320th Barrage Balloon Battalion — The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion was an African American United States Army unit that saw combat in Europe during World War II. Their first assignment was Utah and Omaha beaches June 6, 1944. The 1,500 man unit s mission was to set in the air… …
17Barrage — A barrage may be * barrage (artillery), a line or barrier of artillery or depth charge fire * a weir or artificial obstruction at the mouth of a tidal watercourse such as the Murray River to increase its depth or maintain a separation between… …
18balloon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aerostat, blimp; free, sounding, kite, pilot, or dirigible balloon; fire balloon, montgolfier. See aviation. v. i. swell. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirigible, aircraft, airship, weather… …
19balloon — 1. noun sailing by in a balloon Syn: hot air balloon, barrage balloon; airship, dirigible, Zeppelin, blimp; weather balloon 2. verb 1) her long skirt ballooned in the wind Syn: swell (out), puff out/up, bulge (out), bag …
20barrage — 1. noun /bəˈɹɑːʒ/lang=en a) an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow …
