drogue

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},
       {wind sock}, {sock}, {air sock}, {air-sleeve}, {wind sleeve},
       {wind cone}, {drogue}]
    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}, {drogue}]
    4: a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving
       rapidly [syn: {drogue}, {drogue chute}, {drogue parachute}]
    

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
    

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]