CHUTE

I. noun also shute see: chance Date: 1805 1. fall 6b, a quick descent (as in a river) ; rapid , an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or through which things may pass ; slide , para~ , spinnaker , II. verb (~d; chuting) Date: 1884 transitive verb to convey by a ~, intransitive verb to go in or as if in a ~, to utilize a ~ (as by passing ore down it)