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   chute

   /ʃuːt/

   noun

   • 1. a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level: "cement was loaded on to barges via chutes" Similar channelslidetroughshaftfunnelconduitramprunway
   • ▪ a water slide into a swimming pool. Similar water slideslideflumelog flumehydroslide
   • 2. 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"

   Word 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.

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