Chapter Dragoonade to Draught of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

This word, especially in the first and second meanings, is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by many authorities.

Draught box. See Draught tube, below. — Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like. — Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward. — Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing, etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage horse. — Draught net, a seine or hauling net. — Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc. — Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air- tight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make the whole fall available; — called also draught box.

Draught
(Draught) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted; p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]

1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. Addison.

2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]

The Parliament so often draughted and drained.

Sir W. Scott.

3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.