draff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

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draff draffs

From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

dregs hogwash brewers' spent grains BSG distillers' grains

draffish draffy

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