1 [C] a flow of cool air in a room or other enclosed space:
There's a draught in here. * A cold draught of air blew in from the open window. * I was sitting in a draught. * She shivered in the icy draught.
2 [C] (formal) one continuous action of swallowing liquid; the amount swallowed:
He took a deep draught of his beer.
3 [C] (old use or literary) medicine in a liquid form:
a sleeping draught (= one that makes you sleep)
4 (draughts) (BrE) (AmE checkers) [U] a game for two players using 24 round pieces on a board marked with black and white squares
5 [C] (BrE) (AmE checker) one of the round pieces used in a game of draughts
IDIOMS
on draught (BrE) (of beer) taken from a large container (= a BARREL):
This beer is not available on draught (= it is available only in bottles or cans).
Part of speech: adjective
1 [usuallybeforenoun] served from a large container (= a BARREL) rather than in a bottle:
draught beer
2 [onlybeforenoun] used for pulling heavy loads:
a draught horse
verb [VN] (especially BrE) = DRAFT
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is draught a noun, verb, or something else?
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