His sons rejoice that "His draughts no sensuall waters ever stain'd."
Francis Beaumont: Dramatist|Charles Mills Gayley
Be not surprised that the sea of Scandals is wellnigh drunk up by the draughts I have taken of it.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume II (of 4)|Jules Bonnet
First, the fire was banked and the draughts dosed; then she wrote a little note for her mother and laid it on the table.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906|Lucy Maud Montgomery
I fear you will never be able to empty the little horn in three draughts, as the least of my men can do.
In The Days of Giants|Abbie Farwell Brown
The train was jolting, there were draughts, and now I am sitting on my bed, holding my head and expecting tic douloureux.
The Wife and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov
draughts
/ (drɑːfts) /
noun
(functioning as singular)a game for two players using a draughtboard and 12 draughtsmen each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's piecesUS and Canadian name: checkers
Word Origin for draughts
C14: plural of draught (in obsolete sense: a chess move)