Definition of Drogue parachute

1. Noun. A small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack.

Generic synonyms: Chute, Parachute

2. Noun. A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
Exact synonyms: Drogue, Drogue Chute
Generic synonyms: Chute, Parachute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drogue Parachute

drizzling
drizzlingly
drizzly
dro
drock
drocks
drocode
droger
drogers
drogher
droghers
drogman
drogoman
drogue
drogue chute
drogue parachute (current term)
drogues
droguet
droguets
droich
droichier
droichs
droichy
droid
droids
droil
droiled
droiling
droils
droit

Literary usage of Drogue parachute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vostok Station: Point of Impact by Plowright, Kerry (2005)
"The Cub flew with a trailing wire antennae nearly 10km long with a drogue parachute at the end. During transmission the aircraft flew in a continuous tight ..."

2. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident by Southgate Publishers, DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... which are separated at water impact, and loss of the frustum of the boosters, which has the drogue parachute on it, which comes down separately, ..."

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