drogue
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɹəʊɡ/
drogue (plural drogues)
- (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- (nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
- (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute.
- (aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
- A wind cone.
- (conical parachute) drogue chute, drogue parachute
- French: panier-entonnoir (for refuelling)
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