Draff

Quick meaning: Draff is a noun meaning A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

Meaning

A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: brewers' spent grains, BSG, distillers' grains

A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body.

[…] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]

Word Forms

• draffs

Synonyms for draff

Depending on context, synonyms include dregs, hogwash.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include potale, grain, stillage, pollard, dredge, bran.

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