sea anchor
Noun
Meaning
See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
drogue
drag sail
drift anchor
bower
bit
arrest
drag
anchor
brake
black sea
Baltic Sea
ballast
Adriatic Sea
Caribbean Sea
Barents Sea
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Examples
A diver from the Navy helicopter hovering above attached a sea anchor to the Command Module to prevent it from drifting.
One potential solution proposed by Edwards is to use a movable anchor (a sea anchor) to allow the tether to "dodge" any space debris large enough to track.