From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chute
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
and retards your fall [syn: parachute, chute]
2: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn:
chute, parachute, jump]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to
let fly.]
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which
timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow
passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the
water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift
current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as
to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.]
[U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the
main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.]
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.
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2. See Shoot.
[1913 Webster] Chutney