/drohg/ , n.
1. a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.
2. Aeron.
a. a funnel-shaped device attached to the end of a hose on a tanker aircraft for connecting with the probe of another aircraft to be refueled in flight.
b. See drogue parachute (def. 1).
[ 1715-25; earlier drug, common dial. var. of DRAG ]