n. An inclined trough or tube along which things can slide from a higher to a lower level; a shoot.n. A waterfall or rapid; a fall over which timber is floated.n. An opening in a dam through which to float timber.n. In Louisiana and along the Mississippi, a bayou or side channel; also, a narrow passage between two islands, or between an island and the shore.n. In mining. See shoot.To send down or through a chute, as logs.