chute

Etymology 1

From French chute.

noun

  1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  2. A waterfall or rapid.
  3. The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

Etymology 2

Clipping of parachute

noun

  1. (informal) A parachute.
  2. (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.

verb

  1. (informal, intransitive) To parachute.

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