Meaning of drogue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
2. A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
3. A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
4. A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
5. A wind cone.

Equivalents

Examples

“through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.”

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