chute

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   A waterfall or rapid.
3. 3
   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.
4. 4
   An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
5. 5
   A parachute.
6. 6
   A spinnaker.

Verb

1. 1
   To parachute.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia.
3. 3
   A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, which includes the settlements listed below.