drogue

American  

[drohg] / droʊg /

noun

1. a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.

2. Aeronautics.

   1. a funnel-shaped device attached to the end of a hose on a tanker aircraft for connecting with the probe of another aircraft to be refueled in flight.

   2. drogue parachute.

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drogue British  

/ drəʊɡ /

noun

1. any funnel-like device, esp one of canvas, used as a sea anchor

2. 1. a small parachute released behind a jet aircraft to reduce its landing speed

   2. a small parachute released before a heavier main parachute during the landing of a spacecraft

3. a device towed behind an aircraft as a target for firing practice

4. a funnel-shaped device on the end of the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft, to assist stability and the location of the probe of the receiving aircraft

5. another name for windsock

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Etymology

Origin of drogue

1715–25; earlier drug, common dialectal variant of drag

Example Sentences

Testing out the Fortem Drogue Chute™ on larger fixed wing targets.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022

The director, Walter Drogue Jr., is the son of another director, "a man from the mists of legend, a contemporary of Walsh and Sturges and Hawkes."

From Time Magazine Archive

The landed gentry of Tryon County are a pack of bloody wolves," said he, lighting his cob pipe;—"Guy Johnson, Colonel Claus, Walter Butler, every one of them—every one!—only excepting you, John Drogue!

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"Yes, John Drogue," she answered, looking me in the eyes.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

And like yourself, Mr. Drogue, when once they blood you!

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)