ballute
ballute definition
☆ bal·lute (ba lo̵̅o̅t′)
noun
a balloonlike device made of heat-resistant materials and inflated by stored gas, used for deceleration, as of a spacecraft reentering the earth's atmosphere
Etymology: ball(oon) + (parach)ute
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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