Noun

• 1. a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane

• 2. a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

• 3. restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

• 4. a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly