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Noun drogue has 4 senses
- drogue - a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
--1 is a kind of target, mark
- windsock, sock, air sock, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue - a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
--2 is a kind of visual signal
- sea anchor, drogue - restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
--3 is a kind of restraint, constraint
--3 is a part of ship
- drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute - a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
--4 is a kind of parachute, chute
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