draft excluder

Noun

draught excluder (plural draught excluders)

1. A flexible strip attached to the bottom or side of a door to prevent draughts entering through the gap.
   • The sliding door, which is fitted with a drop light, is shrouded with bristle-type draught excluders.1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 132-133
2. Any other object used to prevent draughts, such as a chimney balloon.
3. (colloquial) A player deployed to lie behind the defensive wall at a free kick, to prevent a low shot going under the jumping wall.
   • Green thinks the biggest reason for that decrease is the recent use of a 'draught excluder', when a player lies behind the wall to prevent the ball going underneath it.2025 September 4, Jess Anderson, “Unstoppable? Wall to blame? Keeper at fault? Rice's free-kicks analysed”, in BBC Sport