a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level

cement was loaded on to barges via chutes

a narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.

cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides

a parachute

I tumbled and rolled before I opened my chute

a spinnaker

as soon as we got out of the bay, we put up the chute