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draught excluders

draught excluders is the plural of draught excluder.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about draught excluders

What is draught excluders the plural of?
Draught excluders is the plural of draught excluder.

Words near draught excluders in the dictionary

  1. draught animal
  2. draught animals
  3. draught engine
  4. draught engines
  5. draught excluder
  6. draught excluders
  7. draught hook
  8. draught hooks
  9. draught horse
  10. draught horses
  11. draught house

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