draft horse, draft ox, drafts, draftsˈman, draftsˈmanship see under draught

draught /dräft/

1. The act of drawing or pulling
2. A pull
3. Attraction
4. The thing or quantity drawn
5. Readiness for drawing from the cask
6. The act of drinking
7. The quantity drunk in one breath
8. A dose of liquor or medicine
9. The outline of a picture, or a preliminary sketch or plan (usu draft)
10. That which is taken in a net by drawing
11. A chosen detachment of men (usu draft)
12. A current of air
13. The depth to which a ship sinks in the water
14. A move in a game (obsolete)
15. A thick disc used in the game of draughts (also draughtsˈman)
16. (in pl) a game played by two people moving draughtmen alternately on a chequered board
17. Draught beer
18. A cesspool or privy (Shakespeare, etc)

Served by being pumped directly from a cask, on draught

1. To sketch out or make a preliminary plan of or attempt at (also draft)
2. Occasionally for draft in sense of draw off or set apart from a larger body

draughter noun see draft

draughtˈiness or (N American) drafˈtiness noun

draughtˈy or (N American) drafˈty adjective

Full of draughts or currents of air

draught animal, horse, ox, etc noun

One used for drawing heavy loads

draughtˈ-bar see drawbar under draw

draughtˈboard noun

A chessboard used for playing draughts

draughtˈ-enˈgine noun

The engine over the shaft of a coalpit

draughtˈ-hooks plural noun

Large iron hooks fixed on the cheeks of a cannon-carriage

draughtˈ-house noun (Bible, etc)

A sink or privy

draughtˈman noun

A piece used for playing draughts

draughtˈ-net noun

A dragnet

draughtˈ-proof adjective

Sealed, filled, etc to prevent draughts (also transitive verb)

draughtˈ-proofing noun

draughtˈ-screen noun

A screen for warding off a current of air

draughtsˈman noun

1. A piece used in playing draughts
2. Someone skilled or employed in drawing, esp technical drawing
3. Someone who draughts or draws up documents (in this sense usually draftsman)

draughtsˈmanship noun

draughtsˈperson noun

draughtsˈwoman noun

feel the draught (figurative)

To be unpleasantly conscious of difficult conditions, esp being short of money

on draught

(of liquor) sold from the cask