(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet. 1802, William Hutton, The History of the Roman Wall, preface You will also pardon the errors of the Work, for you know I was not bred to letters; but, that the battledore, at an age not exceeding six, was the last book I used at school. (obsolete) A bat or beetle used in washing clothes.
The parachute, like the helicopter and the hang glider, dates back to the drawings of mankind's greatest public genius, Leonardo da Vinci.
DB Cooper parachute packer found murdered (+video). DB Cooper parachute packer: Earl Cossey packed the parachute for the famous fugitive DB Cooper. Cossey was found dead Friday, and police suspect he was murdered.he one Cooper apparently used was a military-issue NB6, nylon parachute with a conical canopy. Over the decades, as parachutes were sometimes discovered in the area of Cooper's jump, the FBI sought Cossey's help in identifying them.