What is the meaning of drogue?

noun

• A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane.
• A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e. G., at airports) to show the direction of the wind.
  • synonyms: windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone
• Restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind.
  • synonyms: sea anchor
• A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
  • synonyms: drogue chute, drogue parachute