draught
noun /drɑːft/
/dræft/
(British English) (North American English draft)
Idioms - [countable] a flow of cool air in a room or other small space
- There's a draught in here.
- A cold draught of air blew in from the open window.
- in a draught I was sitting in a draught.
- She shivered in the icy draught.
- a draught coming under the door
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- icy
- create
- prevent
- blow
- come
- whistle
- …
- excluder
- draught from
- a draught of air
- [countable] (formal) one continuous action of swallowing liquid (= making it go down your throat); the amount swallowed
- He took a deep draught of his beer.
- [countable] (old use or literary) medicine in a liquid form
- a sleeping draught (= one that makes you sleep)
enlarge imagedraughts(British English)(North American English checkers)[uncountable] a game for two players using 24 round pieces on a board marked with black and white squaresTopics Games and toysc2- [countable] (British English) (North American English checker)one of the round pieces used in a game of draughts
Word OriginMiddle 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.
Idioms
on draught
- (British English) (of beer) taken from a large container (= a barrel)
- This beer is not available on draught (= it is available only in bottles or cans).