Meaning | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. |
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Synonym | parachute |
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Parts | canopy | The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air |
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harness | A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute) |
ripcord | A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent |
shroud | A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute |
static line | A cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute |
Narrower | drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute | A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly |
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drogue parachute | A small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack |
parasail | parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car |
Broader | rescue equipment | equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency |
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Spanish | paracaídas |
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Catalan | paracaiguda, paracaigudes |
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Verbs | chute | jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute |
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