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   draught

   /drɑːft/

   noun

   • 1. a current of cool air in a room or other confined space: "heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts" Similar current of airrush of airbreathwhiffwaftwindbreezegustpuffblastgaleinformal:blowliterary:zephyr
   • 2. a single act of drinking or inhaling: "she downed the remaining beer in one draught"
   • ▪ the amount swallowed or inhaled in a draught: "he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs" Similar gulpdrinkswallowmouthfulinformal:swigswillslugchug
   • ▪ a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties: literary, archaic "a sleeping draught"
   • 3. the depth of water needed to float a ship: "the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore"
   • 4. the drawing in of a fishing net.
   • ▪ the fish taken at one drawing; a catch.

   adjective

   • 1. denoting beer or cider served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can: "draught ale"
   • 2. denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads: "a draught horse"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to draw. Compare with draft.

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