draught
Meaning
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- Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
- A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- (obsolete) A mild vesicatory.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (obsolete) Any picture or drawing.
- (obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
Synonyms
rough copy
air current
link together
original text
take along
rough in
a swallow
sea gauge
original plan
original bill
speed of a boat
perflation
vessel draught
appropriated to loads
shallow-draught
swimming stroke
yill
air draught
draft beer
draft copy
draught beer
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɹɑːft/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.
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