ETYM French chute, prop. a fall.
(Homonym: shoot).
Sloping channel through which things can descend; SYN. slide, sloping trough.

ETYM AS. slîde.
1. A sloping chute down which children can slide.
2. The act of sliding or gliding; SYN. glide.
3. Flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study.
4. (Geology) The descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.