Definitions for draught

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draught draught

Spelling: [draft, drahft]

IPA: /dræft, drɑft/

Draught is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in draught (adghrtu).

Definitions for draught

noun

1. draughts, (used with a singular verb) British. the game of checkers.
2. Chiefly British. draft (defs 1, 3–10, 18–25, 38).
3. a drawing, sketch, or design.
4. a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc.
5. act of drawing; delineation.
6. a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove.
7. a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction.
8. a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc.
9. an act of drawing or pulling loads.
10. something that is drawn or pulled; a haul.
11. an animal or team of animals used to pull a load.
12. the force required to pull a load.
13. the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source.
14. a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription.
15. the persons so selected.
16. Sports. a selecting or drawing of new players from a choice group of amateur players by professional teams, especially a system of selecting new players so that each team in a professional league receives some of the most promising players.
17. British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment.
18. a written order drawn by one person upon another; a writing directing the payment of money on account of the drawer; bill of exchange.
19. a drain or demand made on anything.
20. draft beer.
21. an act of drinking or inhaling.
22. something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose.
23. a quantity of fish caught.
24. Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load.
25. Also called leave. Metallurgy. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
26. Metalworking. the change in sectional area of a piece of work caused by a rolling or drawing operation. a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work.
27. Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces.
28. Textiles. the degree of attenuation produced in fibers during yarn processing, expressed either by the ratio of the weight of raw to the weight of processed fiber, or by the ratio between the varying surface speeds of the rollers on the carding machine. the act of attenuating the fibers.
29. an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight.

Idioms

1. on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle:

adjective

1. Chiefly British. draft (defs 35–37).
2. used or suited for drawing loads:
3. drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle:
4. being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch.

verb (used with object)

1. Chiefly British. draft (defs 28–32).
2. to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch.
3. to draw up in written form; compose.
4. to draw or pull.
5. to take or select by draft, especially for military service.
6. Masonry. to cut a draft on.

verb (used without object)

1. Chiefly British. draft (def 33).
2. to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman.
3. (in an automobile race) to drive or ride close behind another car so as to benefit from the reduction in air pressure created behind the car ahead.

Origin of draught

1150-1200; Middle English draht (cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Old Norse drāttr); akin to Old English dragan to draw, drōht a p

Examples for draught

The youngest gentleman in company proposed a draught of water.

He dined on a single dish, with a draught or two of light ale.

The effect of it was like a draught of rarest wine to warm her heart.

But Della drained her draught of joy to the dregs, and then tilted her cup anew.

You will find in this draught a solace for all your troubles.

They kept the door shut, because Lorilleux caught cold from the least draught.

The draught of the settlement you may see whenever you will.

We stopped for a draught of wine and to bait our horses, losing half an hour thus.

A creature of hope and joy, the first draught of sorrow had bewildered her.

A few tears mingled with the draught, and perhaps gave it all its efficacy.