PARACHUTE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

2.
n.

A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.


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