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Noun: drogue chute  drowg shoot
  1. A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
    "The spacecraft deployed its drogue chute to slow its descent";
    - drogue, drogue parachute

Derived forms: drogue chutes

Type of: chute, parachute

Encyclopedia: Drogue chute