draught

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
  2. noun a large and hurried swallow
  3. noun a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

Etymology

From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.

In classic literature

Synonyms

draft, potation, tipple

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