Meaning

noun a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

noun a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

noun a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

originA phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

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