drogue
noun/drəʊɡ/
/drəʊɡ/
- a small parachute, used to pull a larger one from its bagWord Originearly 18th cent. (originally a whaling term denoting a piece of stout board attached to a harpoon line, used to slow down or mark the position of a harpooned whale): perhaps related to drag.
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