Definition of drogue in English English dictionary
Something attached to a body to create friction and slow it down, especially something towed behind a whale, boat, or aircraft
Any object used to increase the drag of a boat Typically shaped like a parachute or cone opened underwater, drogues slow a boat's motion in heavy weather Also see sea anchor
A trailing drag device used to retard the movement of an object through the air, used in skydiving to regulate the fall rate of tandem skydivers
A sea anchor — a cone-shaped canvas bag to which the vessel lies in heavy weather to keep the bow pointing into the waves, or towed from the stern to slow the speed when running
(Havacılık) A drogue parachute, drag parachute, or dragchute is a type of parachute designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving object. It is often used to gain control of very fast descents, including those of spacecraft during reentry