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