/
drɑːft/
n.
- a current of cool air in a room or confined space.
- a single act of drinking or inhaling.
▸
literary or
archaic a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties:
a sleeping draught.
- the depth of water needed to float a particular ship:
her shallow draught.
- the drawing in of a fishing net.
▸a catch of fish.
v.
variant spelling of
draft.
adj.
- (of beer) served from a cask rather than from a bottle or can.
- (of an animal) used for pulling heavy loads.
Phrase
- on draught
(of beer) ready to be drawn from a cask.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’): from ON dráttr, of Gmc origin; cf. draft.