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   parachute

   /ˈparəʃuːt/

   noun

   • 1. a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake: "the saviour of many pilots has been the parachute"

   verb

   • 1. drop from an aircraft by parachute: "airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport"
   • 2. appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy: "an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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