kite balloon


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Noun1.kite balloon - a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the windkite balloon - a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind
barrage balloon - an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
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During his return to our lines he saw a hostile kite balloon; attacking it as it was being hauled down he closed to point blank range at 300 feet altitude; on reaching the ground, the balloon burst into flames.
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