What does drogue parachute mean?

drogue parachute means "a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for drogue parachute?

Close synonyms include drogue, drogue chute. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drogue parachute a common word?

drogue parachute is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

drogue parachute — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack
Broaderparachute
2.
a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
Synonymsdrogue drogue chute
Broaderparachute

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What does drogue parachute mean?: drogue parachute means "a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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