draught

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

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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.
  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. (Australian) 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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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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