drogue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drogue	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drogue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drogue n a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind Synonym(s): windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind Synonym(s): sea anchor, drogue a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly Synonym(s): drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drogue \Drogue\, n. (Naut.) See {Drag}, n., 6, and {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n.