1. a large rigid airship with a metal framework, typically cigar-shaped
Usage: historical

Examples

• The zeppelin floated silently over the city.
• During World War I, German zeppelins were used for bombing raids.
• The Hindenburg was the most famous zeppelin in history.
• Passengers could travel across the Atlantic in luxury aboard a zeppelin.
• The zeppelin’s rigid frame was filled with gas chambers.
• Count Zeppelin invented the airship that bears his name.
• The museum displayed a model of an early zeppelin.