Found 2 items, similar to Drogue.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: 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, sock, air sock, wind sleeve, wind cone] 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] 4: a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly [syn: drogue chute, drogue parachute]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Drogue 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]