Possible Clues:

• Paratrooper's lifeline, for short
• Rapid fire reported
• Ladder counterpart
• Paratrooper's lifeline
• Drag racer's stopping aid, for short
• Garbage target, in some buildings
• Duct for laundry
• Paratrooper's lifeline, briefly
• Maybe slide into swimming pool in building protected by Church
• A device used for leaving an aeroplane; informally, another such device