Tra từ draught - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

draught [draught draughts draughted draughting] BrE [drɑːft] NAmE [drɑːft] (BrE) (NAmE draft)noun, adjective, verb
noun
1. countable a flow of cool air in a room or other confined space
•There's a draught in here.
•A cold draught of air blew in from the open window.
•I was sitting in a draught.
•She shivered in the icy draught.
2. countable (formal)one continuous action of swallowing liquid; the amount swallowed
•He took a deep draught of his beer.
3. countable (old use or literary)medicine in a liquid form
•a sleeping draught (= one that makes you sleep)
4. draughts (BrE) (NAmE check·ers)uncountable a game for two players using 24 round pieces on a board marked with black and white squares
5. countable (BrE) (NAmE check·er)one of the round pieces used in a game of draughts

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to ↑draw. Compare with ↑draft.

Example Bank:
•Fit draught excluders to the bottoms of doors.
•a draught coming under the door
•the draught from the window
•I was sitting in a draught.
•There's a draught in here.
Idiom: ↑on draught

adjective
1. usually before noun served from a large container (= a ↑barrel ) rather than in a bottle
•draught beer
2. only before noun used for pulling heavy loads
•a draught horse

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to ↑draw. Compare with ↑draft.

verb (especially BrE) = ↑draft
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to ↑draw. Compare with ↑draft.

Thesaurus:
draught (especially BrE) (AmE, BrE draft)verb T
•I'll draught a letter for you.
draw sth up • • put sth together • • get sb/sth ready • • prepare •
draught/draw up/put together/get ready/prepare sth for sth
draught/draw up/put together/prepare a list/report/paper/plan/strategy
draught/draw up/prepare a/an document/contract/agenda/budget/treaty

See also: ↑checker ▪ ↑checkers ▪ ↑draft