A derogatory term for an old/cheap descent-slowing cloth canopy dat a would-be jumper does not feel overly confident about entrusting with his life.
In "Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom", singer Willie Scott doesn't think overly much of Indy's choosing the inflatable raft as a life-saving device for jumping out of the crashing plane--- it looks like nothing but a perishute to her.
by QuacksO July 25, 2021