pod-chute

plural pod-chutes

1. literatureA launch tube, airlock, or chute system used to deploy armored drop pods, escape pods, or atmospheric landers from a larger spacecraft.

   My plastic pod-chute bore me gently toward the ground; the pods of the other Starguards floated above me in the angry sky.

   1983 March 29, Robert Williams, Heavy Metal Magazine, page 88

   2 more examples

   “That stuff will burn off,” said Quent. “What a contraption!” “The aerodynamics of a rock,” Svensk murmured. “Pod-chutes, perhaps, could be attached to these holes? I suggest as many as possible.”

   1969 November 29, James Tiptree, Jr., Worlds of IF, page 37

   The pod chute doors were left open during the flooding and we have diving equipment. We unseal the doors at the top of the stairwell and climb down to where the level of the water has flooded the stairs.

   2003, Ralles, H.J., Keeper of the realm, page 193