drogues

Meanings

Noun

• 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
• restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
• a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
• plural of drogue

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of drogue

Synonyms

air sock, air-sleeve, drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute, sea anchor, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock