Draft

Not to be confused with Drought.

• Draft or draught may mean:
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• • Draft (animals), selecting an animal or animals from the mob and separating them
  • Draft (combustion), the incoming flow of air of a Boiler or engine
  • Draft (finance), an order for the payment of money
  • Draft coach, a four horse passenger and sporting vehicle with seats inside and on top
  • Draft (hull), the vertical distance from the bottom of a hull to the waterline at the lowest part of a ship or boat
  • Draft (politics), an attempt to persuade a political candidate to enter an election
  • Draft (sailing), the degree of curvature in a horizontal cross-section in sailing
  • Draft (sports), a system for allocating players among teams
  • Draft (water), to move a liquid from below the intake of a suction pump
  • Draughts (or checkers), a popular board game
  • The Draft (band), a rock band from Florida.
  • The Draft was a comic book in the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics
  • The draft, a synonym for conscription, especially conscription in the United States relating to the military or military service
• Drafted (comics), Devil's Due Publishing comic series
• Drafting (but not draughting) can mean:
  • Drafting, technical drawing and engineering drawing in engineering and architecture
  • Drafting (racing), a technique for reducing drag in racing

• Draft or draught may be used in combination with several words:
  • Air draft (nautical), the vertical distance from the highest point on a ship or boat to the waterline
  • Draft document, one of several revisions to a manuscript, screenplay or teleplay
  • Draft dog (or draught dog), a large, strong dog used for pulling carts or work (see Working Group (dogs))
  • Draft horse (or draught horse), a large, strong horse bred for heavy work rather than speed
  • Draught beer (or draft beer), beer that has been served from a container by pump or pressure

Note on spelling

In British English the word is spelled draught in some senses and draft in others. It is draught beer, a draught horse, a draught meaning a current of air or a ship's minimum depth of water to float, and the game draughts - all of which retain the older spelling draught. The simplified spelling draft is used for a plan or sketch, for a preliminary version of a document and for the verb meaning to write it, for an order of payment, and for military conscription (although this last meaning is not as common as in American English). In the USA the spelling is draft in all these cases.