Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.]
   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. See {Shoot}.

Source : WordNet®

chute
     n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
          and retards your fall [syn: {parachute}]
     2: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: {slide},
         {slideway}, {sloping trough}]