draught Definition
draught (draft, dräft)
noun, transitive verb, adjective
Brit. draft
draught Usage Examples
Converse of object
- howl: A poor English breakfast at a high price in a narrow room with a howling draft.
- emit: The middle entrance can emit a strong draft from its sizeable ellipse.
- eliminate: Medium cost measures Fit brush or PVC seals on external doors to eliminate drafts.
- minimize: Additional, specially designed flaps behind the screen minimize drafts in the kidney area.
- prevent: To prevent drafts, fill any gaps between floorboards, or lay sheets of board across the floor over them.
Adjective modifier
- copious: The ride was merely a dream engendered by copious drafts of the Welshman's beloved cwrw da.
- shallow: With its shallow draft, the steamer could glide over submerged banks barely two feet below the surface.
- cold: Given the size of the object, the strength of the cold outward draft is just amazing.
- strong: The middle entrance can emit a strong draft from its sizeable ellipse.
- excessive: Excessive draft causes the wood to burn faster and can cool the flame which leads to more smoke.
- deep: The race version has a taller rig and deeper draft.
Modifies a noun
- excluder: A new feature for 2004 is a draft excluder skirt around the base of the tent.
- lager: Later that day a junior doctor drained off three liters of what resembled draft lager.
- Bass: A good selection of wines and drinks are on offer, including draft Bass.
- cider: No draft cider was sold, it was all bottled.
- beer: The most popular drinks are draft beers, which mean they are ' pulled ' straight from the barrel.
- ale: The brand is the fastest growing draft premium ale in the market at +34 % year on year.
Noun used with modifier
- sleeping: Nobody must see him; I've just given him his sleeping draft.
- chimney: But in doing so they have to make a variety of assumptions about your chimney draft, fuel and method of operation.
- stop: Stop drafts and heat escaping through floorboards and skirting boards by filling gaps with newspaper, beading or sealant.

