Draft

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Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to:

Watercraft dimensions

  • Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
  • Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
  • Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vessel

Selection processes

Entertainment

  • Draft (musician) (born 1986), Electronic musician and DJ
  • Drafted (comics), a 2007 comic released by Devil's Due Publishing
  • The Draft (comics), a 1988 one-shot comic book from Marvel Comics
  • The Draft (band), an American punk rock band
  • Draft 7.30, a 2003 album by British electronic band Autechre
  • WWE draft
    , a World Wrestling Entertainment program which drafts superstars to different WWE brands
  • Draughts
    , board game, a.k.a. checkers
  • The Draft (The League)
    , the series premiere of the FX (TV channel) television series The League
  • Draft (magazine), an American magazine about beer and beer culture

Heating, cooling, air flow

  • Draft (boiler), difference between atmospheric pressure and the boiler pressure
  • Chimney draught
    , outgoing flow into chimney of gases from combustion
  • Draught excluder, used to eliminate cold draught and slow heat loss
  • Mechanical draft
    , incoming flow of air to burn fuel for a boiler or engine
  • Vertical draft, vertical movement of air, which can be dangerous to airplanes

Finance

  • Demand draft, a check created by a merchant with a buyer's account number on it, but without the buyer's signature
  • Banker's draft, a form of check where the funds are taken directly from the financial institution
  • Sight draft
    , or time draft, an order for the payment of money by a banker

Other uses

  • Draught beer or other beverage, served from a bulk keg or cask rather than a bottle or can
  • Draft (engineering), the angle added to features perpendicular to the parting line of a casting or molding
  • Draft (aerodynamics), two objects in close proximity reducing overall drag
  • Draft document, a version of an unfinished document or other written work
  • Draft animal
    , an animal used to perform tasks
    • Draft horse, a large horse bred to be a working animal doing hard tasks such as plowing and other farm labor
    • Draught dog
      , a variety of working dog used to pull a cart
  • Draft (water)
  • Draught, an alternate term for a stream

See also

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