drogue /dɹəʊɡ/noun 5verb 4forms 3 noun5 •A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving. •A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to. •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.At 11,000 feet, three pilot chutes deploy as the drogue chutes are cut away by pyrotechnics. — 2020 •A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling. •A wind cone. verb4 •To use a drogue with.Here this type was drogued at 30 m by a^([sic]) 11.85 m parachute while the other types were not drogued. — 1977 •To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.Four drifters were deployed that drogued at 100 m by a 9.2-m personnel parachute off the island of Kyushu. — 1982 •To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached. •To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.The merchants in Auckland send schooners and small brigs to 'drogue' for wheat along the coast; and thus the harvest finds its way to market. — 1857 formsdrogued · droguing · drogues
