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Noun: airship  'ehr,ship
  1. A steerable self-propelled aircraft
    - dirigible [N. Amer]
Verb: air-ship (air-shipped,air-shipping)
  1. Transport (cargo) by air
    "International air-ship traffic dropped 2.7 percent in August";
    - airfreight, air-freight

Sounds like: heirship

Derived forms: air-shipped, airships, air-shipping

Type of: freight, lighter-than-air craft

Encyclopedia: Airship