draught
d raft
- n a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
- n a large and hurried swallow
- n a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
- n the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- n a dose of liquid medicine
- n the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
- v make a blueprint of
- The newfangled, shallow-draught gunboats that won the day for Bowring might seem a fitting symbol for Hong Kong, which became an important projection of British power in Asia.
- Fresh draught European imports such as Hoegaarden and Duvel fill the thick beer menuperfect for washing down the Hidden Tree's wood-fired pizza.
- It would cut 170 miles off the route, allow deep-draught Red vessels to sail into Europe's heart, and reclaim by irrigation the vast, poor Dobruja plain through which it flowed.