drogue

(drōg)

noun

  1. sea anchor
  2. a funnel-shaped device towed behind an aircraft or spacecraft for its drag effect (also ), or as a target, for use in certain refueling operations, etc.

Origin: prob. altered < Scot drug, dial. var. of drag

See drogue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Nautical See sea anchor.
  2. A drogue parachute.
  3. A funnel-shaped or cone-shaped device towed behind an aircraft as a target.
  4. A funnel-shaped device at the end of the hose of a tanker aircraft, used as a stabilizer and receptacle for the probe of a receiving aircraft, as in refueling.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of drag (influenced by obsolete drogue, drug)

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