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==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|draught}}, {{m|enm|draght}}, {{m|enm|draȝt}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*dreaht}}, {{m|ang|*dræht}} (related to {{m|ang|dragan|t=to [[draw]], [[drag]]}}), from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*drahtuz}}, noun form of {{m|gem-pro|*draganą}}; equivalent to {{suf|en|draw|t|id2=th}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dɹɑːft/|a=RP}}
*: {{rhymes|en|ɑːft|s=1}}
* {{IPA|en|/dɹæft/|a=US}}
*: {{rhymes|en|æft|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-draught.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 draught.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|draft}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{label|en|British spelling}} {{alt form|en|draft#Noun|nodot=a}} ''in some of its senses''.
#: Sense 1 of draft: {{ux|en|She could feel a '''draught''' where she was sitting.}}
#* Senses 17, 18 of draft: {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Luke|V|text={{...}}he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a '''draught'''.}}
#* Senses 3, 4 of draft: {{RQ:Melville Moby-Dick|[[s:Moby-Dick (1851) US edition/Chapter 36|chapter 36]]|text=“Drink and pass!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short '''draughts'''—long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.}}
#* Sense 5 of draft: {{RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence|[[s:The Moon and Sixpence/Chapter XXXV|chapter 35]]||Finally I gave him a '''draught''', and he sank into uneasy slumber.}}
#* Senses 4, 5 of draft: '''1927-29''', {{w|M.K. Gandhi}}, ''{{w|The Story of My Experiments with Truth}}'', translated '''1940''' by {{w|Mahadev Desai}}, [https://www.mkgandhi.org/autobio/chap3.htm Part I, Chapter iii]:
#*: Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter '''draughts''' in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. {{...}}
#* Sense 7 of draft: {{quote-journal|en|year=1946|month=July and August|title=Notes and News: The War Effect on the Clyde Steamers|journal=Railway Magazine|page=324|text=All the L.N.E.R. Clyde vessels are paddle-propelled, because of the shallow '''draught''' at Craigendoran Pier.}}
# {{lb|en|British}} A [[checker]]: a [[game]] [[piece]] [[use]]d in the [[game]] of [[draughts]].
# {{lb|en|Australia}} [[ale|Ale]]: a [[type]] of [[beer]] [[brew]]ed [[using]] [[top-fermenting]] [[yeast]].
# {{lb|en|UK|medicine|obsolete}} A [[mild]] [[vesicatory]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[outhouse]]: an [[outbuilding]] [[use]]d as a [[lavatory]].
#* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Matthew|XV|text=Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast out into the '''draught'''?}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Timon of Athens|passage=Rid me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a '''draught''', / Confound them by some course, and come to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|obsolete}} [[any|Any]] [[picture]] or [[drawing]].
#* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|edition=2nd|V|22|text=And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one '''draught'''; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|obsolete}} A [[sudden]] [[attack]] upon an [[enemy]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Ireland|text=drawing sudden '''draughts''' upon the enemy when he looketh not for you}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|outhouse}} {{l|en|draught-house}}; ''see also'' '''[[Thesaurus:outhouse]]'''
* {{sense|game piece}} {{l|en|checker}} (used in [[checkers]])

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|draughter|draughtless|draughtman|draughtsperson|draughtswoman|overdraught|updraught|withdraught
| at a draught|backdraught|{{l|en|draughtboard}}|{{l|en|draught excluder}}|{{l|en|draught-free}}|{{l|en|draught horse}}|{{l|en|draught-house}}
|draughtproof|{{l|en|draughts}}|{{l|en|draught screen}}|{{l|en|draughtsman}}|{{l|en|draughty}}|banker's draught|beast of draught|black draught
|draught animal|draught engine|draught hook|draught house|draught net|draught on Aldgate pump|draught on the pump at Aldgate|draught-bar
|morning draught|sleeping draught|through-draught}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|draw}}

====Translations====
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|шашки|p}}, {{t|bg|пул|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|dama|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kámen|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nappula}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spielstein|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πούλι|n|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bábu}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|piono}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|šaška}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pedina|f}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|kai}}, {{t|mi|perepere}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|مهره|tr=mühre}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pionek|m}}, {{t+|pl|pion|m}}, {{t+|pl|bierka|f}}, {{t+|pl|warcab|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[peça]] ([[de]] [[damas]])|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ша́шка|f}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|draucht}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dama|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bricka}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|warcabowy}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|British spelling}} The British form of '''[[draft#Adjective|draft]]'''.
#: {{ux|en|'''draught''' beer or cider}}
#: {{ux|en|'''draught''' oxen, a '''draught''' horse}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|British spelling}} {{alternative spelling of|en|draft#Verb}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Woodstock|passage=The Parliament so often '''draughted''' and drained.}}

====Usage notes====
There are senses used in American English which do not apply in British English.

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}.

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==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|draucht|drauht|draght|draht}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|dreaht}}, {{m|ang|*dræht}} (related to {{m|ang|dragan|t=to [[draw]], [[drag]]}}), from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*drahtuz}}, equivalent to {{suffix|enm|drawen|-th}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/drau̯xt/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|draughtes}}

# {{l|en|draught}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|draught}}
* {{desc|sco|draucht}}
* {{desc|yol|draught|alts=1}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=draught|pos=n|id=MED12540}}

==Yola==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|yol|draft}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|yol|enm|draught}}, {{m|enm|draght}}, from {{inh|yol|ang|dreaht}}, {{m|ang|*dræht}} (related to {{m|ang|dragan|t=to [[draw]], [[drag]]}}), from {{inh|yol|gem-pro|*drahtuz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yol|/dɾɔːft/|/dɾaft/}}

===Noun===
{{head|yol|noun}}

# A [[drawing]] [[stroke]] with a weapon.
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=A YOLA ZONG|number=6|page=86|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Many a bra '''draught''' by Tommeen was ee-maate;|translation=Many a brave '''stroke''' by Tommy was made;}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=36}}