drogue
See also: drogué
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably related to drag in some way.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊɡ
Noun
drogue (plural drogues)
- (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- (nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
- (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute.
- (aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
- A wind cone.
Synonyms
- (conical parachute): drogue chute, drogue parachute
Translations
device used in whaling
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nautical: type of bag pulled behind a boat
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aeronautics: conical parachute
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aeronautics: conical device pulled by aircraft
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wind cone — see windsock
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French
Etymology
First attested in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French circa 1462, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).
Pronunciation
Noun
drogue f (plural drogues)
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: Droge
Further reading
- “drogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).
Noun
drogue f (plural drogues)
- drug
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:
- Il falloit entre autres choses qu’il contrefist pour un temps le mort, pour avoir mangé de certaine drogue : après avoir avallé le pain qu’on feignoit estre cette drogue, il commença tantost à trembler et branler, comme s’il eust esté estourdy
- He had to, among other things, fight against death. He ate certain drugs; after having consumed the bread that they were pretending was this drug, he started to tremble and shake as if he had been stunned.
Norman
Etymology
Either via French (or Middle French) drogue, or borrowed directly from Middle Dutch droge.
Noun
drogue f (plural drogues)
Derived terms
- drodgi (“to drug”)
- drogu'thie (“drugging”)
Spanish
Verb
drogue
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