English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "valskerm" is 'n toestel wat bestaan uit 'n afdak wat aan 'n harnas vasgemaak is wat 'n persoon of voorwerp toelaat om stadig uit 'n vliegtuig te val en veilig op die grond te land. Dit word tipies gebruik vir ontsnapping of om voorrade en toerusting op die grond af te lewer. Die woord "valskerm" kom van die Franse woorde "para", wat "beskerm teen" en "geut" beteken, wat "val" beteken.

Synonyms

  1. chute

Sentence Examples

  1. A parachute harness hangs from a hook outside the shack and the man puts it on while walking toward the airfield.
  2. While hurtling through the air, Skull kept reciting the same thing he did while approaching the ground on a parachute jump.
  3. A parachute landing fall, a PLF, was a barely controlled catastrophe, yet one that allowed paratroopers to get out of the sky as fast as possible and land safely, sometimes bruised, but seldom seriously hurt.
  4. I rooted through my wardrobe and went with black parachute pants and a white cotton button-up shirt, only done up halfway.
  5. Several minutes later he returned wearing a parachute and carrying his gear, plus an inflatable life raft.
  6. He had to physically stop Jed from buying an expensive pair of djinn parachute pants.
  7. He jumps into the cockpit, strapping the harness to a parachute already placed on the seat.
  8. It had taken Skull almost two dozen jumps to learn the secret of landing easily, a secret he missed at the parachute course despite all their drill.
  9. The wind picked up and a sound like a parachute opening in the sails drowned out the little waves lapping the sides of the boat.
  10. Sian, her arms outstretched, had just hurtled past us at an immense speed and, unlike on Earth, without a parachute attached.