[para.chute] n [F, fr. para- (as in parasol) + chute fall--more at chute] (1785) 1: a device for slowing the descent of a person or object through the air that consists of a usu. hemispherical fabric canopy beneath which the person or object is suspended
2: patagium
3: a device or structure suggestive of a parachute in form, use, or operation -- para.chut.ic adj
[2]parachute vb -chut.ed ; -chut.ing vt (1809): to convey by means of a parachute ~ vi: to descend by means of a parachute