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Etymology

From Old English dræht, from Proto-Germanic *drahtiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

draught (plural draughts)

  1. The action or an act of pulling something along, especially a beast of burden, vehicle or tractor.
  2. The act of drawing.
  3. That which is drawn.
  4. That which draws.
  5. Capacity of being drawn.
  6. A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).
  7. The depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull.
  8. An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow.
    She took a deep draught from the bottle of water.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 36
      “Drink and pass!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts—long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.
  9. The act of drawing in a net for fish.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:
      he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught.
  10. (UK) A game piece used in the game of draughts.
  11. (Australia) A type of beer, brewed using a top-fermenting yeast; ale.
  12. (UK, Ireland) Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
  13. (dated) A dose of medicine in liquid form.
  14. (obsolete) A privy.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
      Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast out into the draught?
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens:
      Rid me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, / Confound them by some course, and come to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.
  15. (obsolete) A drawing or picture.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.22:
      And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one draught; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.

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Translations

The action or an act of pulling something along
a current of air
the depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull
an amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow
game piece
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Verb

draught (third-person singular simple present draughts, present participle draughting, simple past and past participle draughted)

  1. To draw out; to call forth. See draft.
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  2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      The Parliament so often draughted and drained.
  3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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