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n. Nautical See sea anchor.

n. A drogue parachute.

n. A funnel-shaped or cone-shaped device towed behind an aircraft as a target.

n. 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.

n. A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.

n. A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.

n. A conical basket or fabric construction used variously as a type of brake for some kinds of aircraft, a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.

n. A wind cone.

n. See drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under drag, n.

n. a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it, or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute.

n. a funnel-shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight, to which the probe of another airplane may connect, so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane. It is used for in-flight refueling.

n. The drag, an implement, used to check the progress of a running whale by being bent on to the drogue-iron.

n. Same as drag, 1, .

n. restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

n. a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane

n. a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

n. a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly

"This “basket,” as aviators call the drogue, holds the hose steady in flight and helps the pilot seeking fuel guide the refueling probe to its target."

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