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UK
/dɹˈəʊɡ/
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[ US /ˈdɹoʊɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹoʊɡ/ ]
NOUN
- a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
- restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
- a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
How To Use drogue In A Sentence
- Probe-and-drogue refueling has been around since the 1940s. but no-one has attempted it with unmanned aircraft at high altitude (up to 60,000ft) and low speed (160ft), where deploying and stabilizing the drogue will be a challenge because of the low air density and dynamic pressure. Latest Articles
- Once when they tried to frighten it off, it seized the drogue rope and gave the dinghy a spin.
- ‘When a storm hits, we'll put the drogue out, batten down and see it out,’ said Tim.
- Soon he signaled us that he was nearly out of line, and two or three minutes after, he bent on his "drogue" (a square piece of plank with a rope tail spliced into its center, and considered to hinder a whale's progress at least as much as four boats) and let go the end. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
- A shuttlecock drogue can be trailed behind the boom and used to refuel aircraft equipped with refuelling probes.
- Those so-called drogue chutes are designed to trigger release of the main parachutes, each 35 meters (116 feet) in diameter.
- Until 4 July, few people checked the line between the drogue and the main parachute.
- I fly fast approaches 99% of the time but in Croatia I was amazed at how secure this wing executed slow RLF approaches with and without a drogue.
- They felt the drogue bite and Carter immediately started the generator to power the banks of batteries which, in turn, powered the winch. LET NOT THE DEEP
- They wore flannel shirts over loose-fitting pants fashioned of droguet, or drugget, a durable and coarse woolen fabric.
