1. A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
   "The spacecraft deployed its drogue chute to slow its descent";
   - drogue chute, drogue parachute
    
2. Restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
   "The sailors deployed the drogue to stabilize the boat during the storm";
   - sea anchor
    
3. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
   "Pilots checked the drogue before landing to determine wind direction";
   - windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone
    
4. A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an aeroplane
   "The fighter pilots practised their aim using a drogue target"

Derived forms: drogues

Type of: chute, constraint, mark, parachute, restraint, target, visual signal

Part of: ship

Encyclopedia: Drogue