- parachute, chute - rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
--1 is a kind of rescue equipment
--1 has parts: canopy; harness; ripcord; shroud; static line
--1 has particulars:drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute; drogue parachute; parasail - chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough - sloping channel through which things can descend
--2 is a kind of gutter, trough
--2 has parts: skid
--2 has particulars: coal chute; water chute