'Drogue' definitions:
Definition of 'drogue'
(from WordNet)
noun
A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
noun
A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue]
noun
Restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind [syn: sea anchor, drogue]
noun
A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly [syn: drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute]
Definition of 'Drogue'
From: GCIDE
- Drogue \Drogue\ (dr[=o]g), n.
- 1. (Naut.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it, or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute. [PJC]
- 3. a funnel-shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight, to which the probe of another airplane may connect, so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane. It is used for in-flight refueling. [PJC]
Definition of 'drogue'
From: GCIDE
- parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i. TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground. [PJC]
- golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
- drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute. Also called drogue. [PJC] parachuter