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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Aëronautics) A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent.
- a cord which, when pulled, opens a parachute.
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