noun a balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon;
so called from two brothers, stephen and joseph montgolfier, of france, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.
noun a balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon;
so called from two brothers, stephen and joseph montgolfier, of france, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012