Webster's English Dictionary

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drogue

drogue \'dro-g\ n [prob. alter. of 1drag] 1: SEA ANCHOR  2: a cylindrical 
   or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane o r a small 
   parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's 
   capsule) 3: a funnel-shaped device at the end of a hose of a tanker 
   airplane in flig ht used in refueling to receive the probe of another 
   airplane