German airship (8)
I believe the answer is:
zeppelin
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">german airship</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for zeppelin that I've seen before include "Old flier" , "Large airship" , "Cylindrical rigid airship" , "Large inflatable" , "Large German dirigible" .)