[ʃuːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level
(e.g: 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.
(e.g: cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century (originally a North American usage): from French, ‘fall’ (of water or rocks), from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir ‘to fall’, from Latin cadere; influenced by shoot

[ʃuːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a parachute
(e.g: I tumbled and rolled before I opened my chute)


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: shortened form