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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Drogue

/(drōg)/ · IPA /dɹəʊɡ/
01 n. See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.
  1. 1.
    See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.(Naut.) See: Drag, Drag
  2. 2.
    a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it, or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute.
  3. 3.
    a funnel-shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight, to which the probe of another airplane may connect, so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane. It is used for in-flight refueling.