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

the planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute

a parachute regiment

drop from an aircraft by parachute

airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport

an air operation to parachute relief supplies into the region

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