Draft

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Draft or draught may mean:

• Draught, draught beer
• Flows:
  • Draft, incoming flow of air to burn fuel for a boiler or engine
  • Draft, bankers' acceptance, an order for the payment of money
• Watercraft dimensions:
  • Draft (hull), below-waterline distance
  • Draft, air draft, above-waterline distance
  • Draft (sail), curvature
• Selection processes:
  • Draft (sports)
  • Draft, military conscription
  • Draft (politics)
• Entertainment:
  • Draughts, board game a.k.a. checkers
  • The Draft (band)
  • The Draft (comics)

[edit] Note on spelling

In British English the word is spelled draught in some senses and draft in others. It is draught beer, a draught horse, a draught meaning a current of air or a ship's minimum depth of water to float, and the game draughts - all of which retain the older spelling draught. The simplified spelling draft is used for a plan or sketch, for a preliminary version of a document and for the verb meaning to write it, for an order of payment, and for military conscription (although this last meaning is not as common as in American English). In the USA the spelling is draft in all these cases.

[edit] See also

• Drafting (disambiguation)
• Draft animal, working animal used for pulling against resisting forces
  • Draft horse
• Drafted (comics), series
• Drought