Meaning

(British spelling) Alternative form of draft in some of its senses..

Definitions by Sense

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
2. (British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
3. (Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
4. (UK, medicine, obsolete) A mild vesicatory.
5. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
6. (UK, obsolete) Any picture or drawing.
7. (UK, obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
8. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of draft

Example Sentences

She could feel a draught where she was sitting.

Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. […]

[…]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught.

“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.

Finally I gave him a draught, and he sank into uneasy slumber.

All the L.N.E.R. Clyde vessels are paddle-propelled, because of the shallow draught at Craigendoran Pier.

A standard type of donkey jacket made of white milled flannel is being introduced by British Railways for the use of staff working in tunnels where there are conditions of extreme cold, dampness and draught.

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?

Word Forms

• draughts
• draughting
• draughted

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When Should You Use Draught?

Use draught when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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