Draft

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Draft or draught may mean:

• Draught beer, beer served from a keg or tap

[edit] Watercraft dimensions

• Draft (hull), distance from waterline to keel
• Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
• Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vessel

[edit] Selection processes

• Draft (sports), selection of players for professional sports teams
• Draft (politics), groundswell of support to compel a candidate to run for office
• Military draft, U.S. term for conscription into military service

[edit] Entertainment

• The Draft (band), an American punk rock band
• The Draft (comics), a 1988 one-shot comic book from Marvel Comics
• WWE Draft, a World Wrestling Entertainment program which drafts superstars to different WWE brands
• Draughts, board game a.k.a. checkers
• Drapht, an Australian hip hop singer
• Draft 7.30, an album by British electronic band Autechre

[edit] Other uses

• Chimney draught, outgoing flow into chimney of gases from combustion
• Mechanical draft, incoming flow of air to burn fuel for a boiler or engine
• Sight draft, or time draft, an order for the payment of money by a banker
• Draft document, a version of an unfinished document or other written work.
• Draft (engineering), the angle added to features perpendicular to the parting line of a casting or molding

[edit] See also

• Draft horse
• Drafted (comics)
• Drafting
• Drought, reduced water supply

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