Chute or Chutes, may refer to: * Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided * Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly * Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical * Mail chute, a letter collection device * Parachute, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag

People

* Anthony Chute (fl. 1590s–1595), Elizabethan poet and pamphleteer * Chaloner Chute (died 1659), English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons * Christopher G. Chute (born 1955), American biomedical informatics researcher * Hillary Chute (born 1976), American academic * Marchette Chute (1909–1994), American biographer * Philip Chute (1506–1567), English Member of Parliament

Places

* Chute, Wiltshire, a parish in England, United Kingdom * Chute River, a short river in Maine, United States * Chute, Victoria, a locality in Australia * Rivière des Chutes (Batiscan River tributary) (french: Chutes River; Falls River), a river in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

Facilities and structures

* Pont des Chutes (french: Chutes Bridge; Falls Bridge), a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada * École secondaire des Chutes (disambiguation) (french: Chutes Secondary School; Falls Secondary); highschools

Television

* Chute! (television programme), ''Chute!'' (television programme), a children's programme * "The Chute", a 1996 episode in the third season of ''Star Trek: Voyager''

Other uses

* Chutes and ladders * Pilot chute, a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy a main parachute * Chute (racecourse), a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse * Squeeze chute, a cage for restraining a farm animal * Chute (in North America), a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals

People

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