chute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
    parachute.
  2. noun sloping channel through which things can descend
    sloping trough; slideway; slide.
  3. verb jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    parachute; jump.

WordNet

Chute noun
Etymology
F. chute, prop. a fall.
Definitions
  1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  2. See Shoot.

Webster 1913