draught
English
/dɹɑːft/, /dɹæft/
noun
Definitions
- (British spelling) (alt form) draft in its various senses.
- (British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- (Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- (UK) A mild vesicatory.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (UK) Any picture or drawing.
- (UK) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English draught (stroke, etc, drawing, pull) inherited from Old English *dreaht inherited from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz suf from English draw (move by pulling).
Origin
English
draw
Gloss
move by pulling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adraw English
- back English
- backdraught English
- bedraw English
- board English
- counterdraw English
- dogdraw English
- downdraw English
- draught-free English
- draught-house English
- draughtboard English
- draughter English
- draughtless English
- draughtlessness English
- draughtman English
- draughtproof English
- draughtproofing English
- draughtsman English
- draughtsmanly English
- draughtsmanship English
- draughtsperson English
- draughtswoman English
- draw English
- draw weight English
- draw-up English
- drawability English
- drawable English
- drawback English
- drawbar English
- drawbench English
- drawbolt English
- drawbore English
- drawboy English
- drawbridge English
- drawcard English
- drawcord English
- drawdown English
- drawee English
- drawer English
- drawest English
- draweth English
- drawfiling English
- drawgear English
- drawhead English
- drawing English
- drawish English
- drawknife English
- drawl English
- drawlatch English
- drawlink English
- drawloom English
- drawmaster English
- drawmetric English
- drawnet English
- drawplate English
- drawrod English
- drawshave English
- drawsheet English
- drawspring English
- drawstring English
- drawth English
- drawtube English
- finedraw English
- foredraw English
- forthdraw English
- house English
- indraw English
- misdraw English
- outdraw English
- overdraught English
- overdraw English
- quickdraw English
- redraw English
- sneckdraw English
- to-draw English
- todraw English
- umbedraw English
- underdraw English
- undraw English
- updraught English
- updraw English
- wiredraw English
- withdraught English
- withdraw English
- Tracht German
- Trachtenkleid German
- Trachtenverein German
- Volkstracht German
- trächtig German
- draft Norwegian Bokmål
- *drahtuz Proto-Germanic
- draft Norwegian Nynorsk
- *dreaht Old English
- draught Middle English
- drawen Middle English
- wyþdraȝþ Middle English
- dráttr Old Norse
- draht Old High German
- draght Manx
- Truecht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *draht Old Dutch
- *draht Old Saxon
- draw
- back
- drawl
- board
- adraw
- house
- updraw
- drawee
- redraw
- bedraw
- undraw
- drawth
- drawer
- todraw
- indraw
- drawnet
- draw-up
- outdraw
- drawrod
- drawing
- drawboy
- draweth
- misdraw
- drawbar
- dogdraw
- to-draw
- drawest
- drawish
- drawbolt
- drawcord
- drawbore
- overdraw
- foredraw
- drawlink
- drawcard
- finedraw
- withdraw
- wiredraw
- umbedraw
- drawback
- downdraw
- drawhead
- drawloom
- drawable
- drawtube
- drawdown
- drawgear
- underdraw
- drawshave
- quickdraw
- drawlatch
- drawknife
- drawsheet
- sneckdraw
- drawbench
- drawplate
- updraught
- forthdraw
- draughter
- drawbridge
- drawmaster
- drawfiling
- draughtman
- drawspring
- drawmetric
- drawstring
- draughtsman
- withdraught
- draw weight
- overdraught
- counterdraw
- drawability
- draughtless
- backdraught
- draughtboard
- draughtproof
- draught-free
- draughtsmanly
- draught-house
- draughtswoman
- draughtsperson
- draughtlessness
- draughtsmanship
- draughtproofing