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chute 1. a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans 2. a slide into a swimming pool 3. a rapid or waterfall chute [shüt] (engineering) A conduit for conveying free-flowing materials at high velocity to lower levels. (hydrology) A short channel across a narrow land area which bypasses a bend in a river; formed by the river's breaking through the land. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This chute was not more than twice as wide and high as a Saratoga trunk, and was walled, roofed and floored with solid blocks of Egyptian granite as wide as a wardrobe, twice as thick and three times as long. We struck a polished chute, the opening above us closed as magically as it had opened, and we shot down, unharmed, into a dimly lighted apartment far below the arena. Herb Blewett fell off the hayloft last Wednesday, and rolled right down through the turnip chute into the box stall, where they had a fearful wild, cross horse, and rolled right under his heels. |
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