draught Definition

draught
noun

1. A current of air, especially indoors.

Thesaurus: breeze, wind, gust, puff.
2. A quantity of liquid swallowed in one go.
3. The amount of water required to float a ship.
4. Any of the discs used in the game of draughts.

Form: draughtsman
5. colloq
Draught beer.
6. The act of pulling or drawing.
7. A dose of liquid medicine.

adj

1. Said of beer: pumped direct from the cask to the glass.
2. Said of an animal: used for pulling loads.

Idiom: on draught

Said of beer: stored in casks from which it is served direct.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon draht, from dragan to draw.

Info:

A word often confused with this one is draft.