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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Chute

/sho͞ot/ · IPA /ʃ(j)uːt/
01 n. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes…
  1. 1.
    A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  2. 2.
    See Shoot. See: Shoot