draught 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
   • Each coach is insulated by a four-inch thickness of fibreglass and heated by two overhead 2 in. steam pipes, while all external doors close into rubber draught excluders.1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581
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