skyship
Aerial sailing craft
A skyship is a large vessel that travels through the air, typically an airship or dirigible—a lighter-than-air craft with a rigid or semi-rigid frame.
The term appears most often in fantasy and steampunk fiction, where skyships sail the clouds like ocean vessels, sometimes powered by magic or improbable Victorian machinery: The captain steered the skyship through the storm clouds.
Rigid lighter-than-air craft
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- leviathanEnormous creature or entity
enchanted · mythical · legendary · clouds · magic · sorcery · wizardry · captain
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
- aeronautPilot of lighter-than-air craft
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
brass · cogs · gears · victorian · retrofuturism · clockwork · ether · propeller
zeppelin
Rigid lighter-than-air craft
leviathan · enchanted · mythical · legendary · clouds · magic · sorcery · wizardry · captain · crew
dirigible
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
- aeronautPilot of lighter-than-air craft
goggles · brass · cogs · gears · victorian · retrofuturism · clockwork · ether · propeller · boiler
hull
Outer covering or frame
mast · rigging · helm · rudder · ballast · mooring · docking · hangar · porthole · cargo
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- unchartedNot yet documented
- frontierEdge of settlement
navigator · cartography · compass · astrolabe · sextant · discovery · survey · territory · map · charting
skyshipship
Seagoing transport vessel
watercraft · boat · submarine · sailing ship · galleon
skyshipsubmarine
Underwater naval craft
submersible · bathyscaphe · underground train · deep-sea vessel · subway