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• The candle flared in a sudden draught.From the entry flare
• Conversely high carbonation small-pack and draught beers may require extra carbonation.2012, “Filtration and stabilization of beers”, in Andrew G.H. Lea, John R. Piggott, editors, Fermented Beverage Production, Springer…. From the entry decarbonation
• He will shrivel and drift before the first clean draught that blows unhampered across the ruins.”2008 February 5, Loren D. Estleman, Port Hazard: A Page Murdock Novel, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry smote
• A thirsty looking for a draught of water finds a welcome sea of water.2004, Sura College of Competition, Junior Knowledge Book, page 107. From the entry thirsty
• Draught screens are fitted at the vestibule and at the service ends.1960 March, “Restaurant Cars for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 155. From the entry grabpole
• 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. From the entry shroud
• 'My wife always takes a sleeping draught when travelling by train.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 7, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 123. From the entry trional
• Never shall his companionable draught cause thee an afterlook of anxiety into the tankard!1932, John William Tibble, Anne Northgrave Tibble, John Clare: a Life, published 1972, page 187. From the entry afterlook
• Ata pierced a hole in it, and the doctor took a long, refreshing draught.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry swarm
• Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!1917, Patience Worth, The Sorry Tale, page 153. From the entry drunken
• We've felt the draught at either end of it.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 272. From the entry frit
• We began challenging each other to drink a whole tumblerful of wine at a single draught and at high speed.2013, Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road. From the entry niminy-piminy
• Draught screens, incorporating grab-poles, are fitted at each end.1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222. From the entry draught screen
• Charlie Nobles should be fitted with cowls which will automatically turn to leeward and thereby force the draught.1945, Harold Augustin Calahan, Learning to Cruise, page 120. From the entry Charlie Noble
• High in the rafters, a bivouac of ants swayed uneasily in the draught created by the shutting of the heavy, old, wooden door.2022, Ian D. Hall, Underneath, Beaten Track Publishing. From the entry bivouac
• The latter requires a through draught.2021, Jane Kenney, A Welsh Landscape through Time. From the entry through draught
• He made no attempt to argue with her, but signaled to the slave, saying to her, “If you will fetch a pitcher of almond-milk, I will prepare my draught.”2008, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Roman Dusk: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain. From the entry almond-milk
• He hitched himself over to the jug at once, and hefting it as lightly as if it were a wine cup, drank a long, long draught.1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan, →ISBN. From the entry catbath
• 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. From the entry draught excluder
• Designed to give a lighter draught and at the same time be of more general use, the konaki has replaced the ordinary farm sledge on many farms in Taranaki.1942, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture - Volumes 64-65, page 270. From the entry konaki
• By turns she sat watching the waver of the candles in the draught, and walked to and fro between the bed and the washhand-stand to keep herself warm.1902, Leonard Merrick, chapter IV, in When Love Flies out o’ the Window, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson […], →OCLC, page 51. From the entry waver
• 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. From the entry draught excluder
• Turning away from this rather charmless piece of décor, Sam went to the window, which was small and unglassed, the source of the thin, cold draught that nudged the drapes.2010, James Lovegrove, The Age of Zeus. From the entry unglassed

Meaning of draught

1. noun A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
2. noun Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
3. noun A mild vesicatory.

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How do you use draught in a sentence?

Draught is used as a noun. For example: “The candle flared in a sudden draught.”

What is a short sentence with draught?

“The latter requires a through draught.”

What does draught mean?

Draught means a checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.