Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- an airship.
adjective
- designed for or capable of being directed, controlled, or steered.
adjective
- able to be steered or directed
noun
- another name for airship
“airship,” 1885, from French dirigeable, literally “capable of being directed or guided,” from Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). The word existed as an adjective in English from 1580s, with the literal sense.