drogue

[ drohg ]
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noun
  1. a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.

  2. Aeronautics.

    • a funnel-shaped device attached to the end of a hose on a tanker aircraft for connecting with the probe of another aircraft to be refueled in flight.

Origin of drogue

1
1715–25; earlier drug, common dialectal variant of drag

Words Nearby drogue

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How to use drogue in a sentence

  • "You have a fine mare, Mr. drogue," said she, gently caressing Kaya with her naked heels.

    The Little Red Foot | Robert W. Chambers
  • Are you not ashamed, Jack drogue, to tell me to my face such barbarous news!

    The Little Red Foot | Robert W. Chambers
  • Fortunately, also, he was gliding down on the side opposite to that on which floated the “drogue.”

    The Ocean Waifs | Mayne Reid
  • When the boat of the Red Eric came up to the whale was the drogue still attached to it?

    The Red Eric | R.M. Ballantyne
  • "I wish to make known to you that I am of your party, Mr. drogue," she whispered.

    The Little Red Foot | Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for drogue

drogue

/ (drəʊɡ) /


noun
  1. any funnel-like device, esp one of canvas, used as a sea anchor

    • a small parachute released behind a jet aircraft to reduce its landing speed

    • a small parachute released before a heavier main parachute during the landing of a spacecraft

  1. a device towed behind an aircraft as a target for firing practice

  2. a funnel-shaped device on the end of the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft, to assist stability and the location of the probe of the receiving aircraft

  3. another name for windsock

Origin of drogue

1
C18: probably based ultimately on Old English dragan to draw

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