Chute or Chutes, may refer to: *

Chute (gravity) A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity. Landform A chute, also known as a race, flume, cat, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly. Ak ...

, a channel down which falling materials are guided *

Chute (landform) A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity. Landform A chute, also known as a race, flume, cat, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly. Ak ...

, a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly *

Escape chute An escape chute is a special kind of emergency exit, used where conventional fire escape stairways are impractical. The chute is a fabric (or occasionally metal) tube installed near a special exit on an upper floor or roof of a building, or a ta ...

, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical *

Mail chute A mail chute is a device by which mail is collected for pick-up by a post office from within high-rise buildings, such as offices, hospitals, and hotels. Deposit boxes on upper floors are connected via a chute to a central depository at ground ...

, a letter collection device *

Parachute A parachute is a device designed to slow an object's descent through an atmosphere by creating Drag (physics), drag or aerodynamic Lift (force), lift. It is primarily used to safely support people exiting aircraft at height, but also serves va ...

, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag

People

* Chute (surname)

Places

Chute, Wiltshire Chute is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in east Wiltshire, England, on the border with Hampshire. It includes the main village of Upper Chute and the smaller settlements of Lower Chute, Chute Standen, Chute Cadley and Mount Cowdown. T ...

, a parish in England, United Kingdom * Chute River, a short river in Maine, United States *

Chute, Victoria Chute is a locality in central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Pyrenees local government area, west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Chute had a population of 18. References External links< ...

, a locality in Australia * Rivière des Chutes (Batiscan River tributary) (; Falls River), a river in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

Facilities and structures

Pont des Chutes The pont des Chutes is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada. Built in 1954, it was severely damaged in 1961 and again in 1964 when the central pillar failed. The capacity was 8 tonnes. It is so named because of the rapids (chute ...

(; Falls Bridge), a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada *

École secondaire des Chutes (disambiguation) École secondaire des Chutes (; Falls Secondary) may refer to: *École secondaire des Chutes (Rawdon) of the Commission scolaire des Samares *École secondaire des Chutes (Shawinigan) of the Commission scolaire de l'Énergie See also

* Deschut ...

(; Falls Secondary); highschools

Television

* ''Chute!'' (television programme), a children's programme * "

The Chute "The Chute" is the 45th episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager'', the third episode of the third season. In this science fiction story, two members of the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' are trapped in an alien prison. The episode was directed by Les La ...

", a 1996 episode in the third season of ''Star Trek: Voyager''

Other uses

Chutes and ladders Snakes and ladders is a board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. The game originated in ancient India as ''Moksha Patam'', and was brought to the United Kingdom in the 1890s. It is played on a game board with ...

Pilot chute A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected by a bridle to the deployment bag containing the parachute. Pilot chutes are a critical component of all modern skydiving and B ...

, a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy a main parachute *

Chute (racecourse) In horse racing, a chute is an extended path increasing the length of a straight portion of a racecourse, particularly an oval-shaped one, allowing races of a specified distance to start at a location other than on one of the turns. For example, m ...

, a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse *

Squeeze chute A cattle crush (in UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Botswana and Australia), squeeze chute (North America), cattle chute (North America), standing stock, or simply stock (North America, Ireland) is a strongly built stall or cage for holding cattle, ...

, a cage for restraining a farm animal * Chute (in North America), a

cattle race A cattle chute (North America) or cattle race (Australia, British Isles and New Zealand) also called a run or alley, is a narrow corridor built for cattle that separates them from the rest of the herd and allows handlers and veterinarians to prov ...

, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals