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Word entry · 7 letters

draught

Best crossword clue

"British draft beer"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /dɹɑːft/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adghrtuStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Word origin

From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.

Used in a sentence

  • She could feel a draught where she was sitting.
  • […]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught.
  • “Drink and pass!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts—long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.

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