Montgolfier

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Montgolfier \Mont`gol"fier\, n.
     A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a
     fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen
     and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and
     sent up a fire balloon.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Montgolfier
       n 1: French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel
            Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
            [syn: {Jacques Etienne Montgolfier}]
       2: French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne
          Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
          [syn: {Josef Michel Montgolfier}]