draught
adjective/drɑːft/
/dræft/
(British English) (North American English draft)
- [usually before noun] served from a large container (= a barrel) rather than in a bottle
- draught beer
- [only before noun] used for pulling heavy loads
- a draught horse
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to draw. Compare with draft.
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