drogue
noun
- sea anchor
- 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.
See drogue in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(drōg)
noun- Nautical See sea anchor.
- A drogue parachute.
- A funnel-shaped or cone-shaped device towed behind an aircraft as a target.
- 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.
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