draught
/dɹæft/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.08 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
Australian usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "She could feel a draught where she was sitting."
- "[…]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught."
- "“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."
- "Finally I gave him a draught, and he sank into uneasy slumber."
- "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. […]"
- "All the L.N.E.R. Clyde vessels are paddle-propelled, because of the shallow draught at Craigendoran Pier."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɹæft/
- British English: /dɹɑːft/
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- Obsolete