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English word origin

Etymology of chute

From French chute.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

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. · A waterfall or rapid. · A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. · An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French chute.

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  • Borrowed-form mentionchutefr
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A parachute. · A spinnaker.

verb

To parachute.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of parachute.

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