air-ship

[ air-ship ]

/ ˈɛərˌʃɪp /

to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.

Origin of air-ship

First recorded in 1950–1955

air-ship·pa·ble, adjective

Somebody tumbled out of an air-ship the other day; is that what you mean?

The Fighting Chance |Robert W. Chambers
We did not look for our messengers; they were to return to us in the air-ship.

Caesar's Column |Ignatius Donnelly
But how am I to get away in the air-ship and to take the stolen property with me?

Motor Matt's Air Ship |Stanley R. Matthews
Their despairing hands were held up to us in supplication as the air-ship darted over them.

Caesar's Column |Ignatius Donnelly

"And that means a complete host so long as we are backed up by the air-ship," declared Waldo, in his turn.

The Lost City |Joseph E. Badger, Jr.