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单词 drogue
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droguen.

Brit. /drəʊɡ/, U.S. /droʊɡ/
Forms: 1700s drug, 1800s drugg, drog, dro(u)gue.
Etymology: perhaps originally drug , variant of drag n., the form drogue arising through assimilation to drogue , obsolete and Scots form of drug n.1
1. Whaling. A contrivance attached to the end of a harpoon line to check the progress of a whale when running or sounding.A simple form consists of a piece of stout board, 12 or 14 inches square; another consists of a small wooden tub, with its concavity in the direction of the whale.
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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > device to check progress of whale
drogue1726
pointer1877
1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 263 Sometimes they will get away after they have been lanced..with Irons in them, and Drugs fastened to them, which are thick Boards about fourteen Inches square.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Drog, a name given in Scotland to a buoy attached to the end of a harpoon line.
1875 W. H. G. Kingston South Sea Whaler iii. 79 The first mate was on the point of heaving his own line overboard with a drougue fastened to it.
2. Nautical. A hooped canvas bag towed at the stern of a boat to prevent it from broaching to.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > drogue
drift-sail1627
stop-water1794
drift-anchor1874
drogue1874
sea-anchor1877
cone-anchor1902
watersail1925
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 176 Towing astern a pig of ballast..or canvas bag termed a ‘drogue’ or drag..to hold the boat's stern back, and prevent her being turned broadside to the sea or broaching-to.
1878 Boston Mercury 8 June They are provided with a novel kind of anchor (the drogue). It is a large canvas barrel-shaped bag, attached to fifty fathoms of rope.
1888 Sc. Leader 29 Nov. 7 The first breaker lifted the boat on her end, while the second, driving the drogue forward, slacked the rope, when the boat broached to.
3. Aeronautics. A truncated cone of fabric with a hoop at the larger end, used for various purposes: (a) a brake or anchor for aircraft, esp. seaplanes (see quot. 1919); (b) such a cone towed behind an aircraft as a target for gunnery practice; (c) a wind cone n. at wind n.1 Compounds 2; (d) an auxiliary braking parachute in an ejection-seat mechanism; (e) part of an aircraft-refuelling device (see quots. 1949, 1966); (f) (see quot. 19621). Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > target for practice
drogue1919
sleeve target1932
sleeve1933
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > types of parachute
drogue1919
free parachute1920
parachute1942
ribbon chute1945
ribbon parachute1946
parasheet1951
parajute1956
parasail1962
paraglider1971
paraflight1980
paramotor1993
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-sock or -cone
wind cone1918
drogue1919
wind sleeve1920
wind sock1929
wind-stocking1932
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > deceleration parachute
drogue1919
tail parachute1937
brake parachute1942
parabrake1951
1919 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (Royal Aeronaut. Soc.) 59 Drogue, a fabric bag arranged to tow with its mouth open, thereby resisting passage through the water.
1931 Flight 13 Mar. 234/1 The manufacture of drogue targets.
1932 Nuttall's Stand. Dict. Suppl. Drogue, an open fabric bag used to show the direction of the wind at an aerodrome.
1933 Flight 29 June 628/1 The target is called a ‘drogue’ and is the same size as the fuselage of a ‘Bulldog’.
1934 Exmouth Jrnl. 12 May 8/2 (advt.) At every air port, you see it—the flyer's drogue. It points the right direction for air traffic to take when starting or landing.
1941 Flight 40 48 f/2 Drogue targets for air-to-air gunnery training.
1947 Times 30 Aug. 2/1 The drogue steadied his upward rush, and eight seconds later the seat parachute opened.
1949 Flight 11 Aug. 177 The tanker aircraft trails a 65ft. fuel hose which terminates in a conical drogue.
1951 Engineering 30 Mar. 368/2 To..slow down the seat after ejection, a 2 ft. diameter drogue parachute..was employed.
1951 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 10 300 The most efficient braking device is the parachute drag brake (also known as ‘drogue chute’ or ‘parabrake’).
1962 in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 244 Drogue, a small parachute used to stabilize the descent of a spacecraft during re-entry.
1962 Times 21 Feb. 10/2 The drogue parachute opened to retard the capsule further and then the main parachute billowed out to lower Colonel Glenn into the sea.
1966 New Scientist 20 Jan. 142/1 Apparatus used [for refuelling a helicopter in flight] was of the standard kind—a drogue containing the cup at the end of the tanker's hose and a probe from the nose of the helicopter which is flown into the cup and locked there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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