Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drogue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drogue \Drogue\, n. (Naut.)
See {Drag}, n., 6, and {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drogue
n 1: a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
2: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at
airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: {windsock},
{sock}, {wind sleeve}]
3: restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats
behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the
heading into a wind [syn: {sea anchor}]
4: a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving
rapidly [syn: {drogue chute}, {drogue parachute}]
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