English Explanatory Dictionary

draught

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
  2. A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
  3. Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
  4. A mild vesicatory.
  5. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  6. Any picture or drawing.
  7. A sudden attack upon an enemy.
adj
  1. Alternative spelling of draft
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of draft.

Pronunciation

/dɹɑːft/ /dɹæft/ En-us-draught.ogg EN-AU ck1 draught.ogg /dɹɔt/

Word forms

draught draughts draughting draughted

Etymology

From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.

Synonyms

checker draught-house

Related words

draw

Derived words

at a draught backdraught banker's draught beast of draught black draught draught animal draught-bar draughtboard draught engine draughter draught excluder draught-free draught hook draught horse draught-house draught house draughtless draughtman draught net draught on Aldgate pump draught on the pump at Aldgate draughtproof draughts draught screen draughtsman draughtsperson draughtswoman draughty love draught morning draught overdraught sleeping draught through-draught updraught withdraught
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