'Zeppelin' definitions:
Definition of 'Zeppelin'
From: WordNet
noun
German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917) [syn: Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin]
noun
A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs [syn: zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin]
Definition of 'Zeppelin'
From: GCIDE
- Zeppelin \Zep`pe*lin"\ (ts[e^]p`p[~e]*l[=e]"; Angl. z[e^]p"p[-e]*l[i^]n), n. A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]