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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

draught.
1. Sometimes written as draft, the depth of water a ship draws, which of course varies according to how heavily it is loaded. The legal maximum draught for British ships used to be the Plimsoll Line, but load lines, with metric markings, are now governed by an international convention drawn up by the International Maritime Organization.

2. In naval architecture, a vessel's drawings or lines from which the shipbuilder works.

See also shipbuilding.

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draught act of drawing XII; that which is drawn or pulled XIII; †move at chess, etc.; pl. game played on a board XIV; †picture, sketch XV; design, plan XVI; (perh. short for †withdraught) †cesspool, privy XVI; current of air XVIII. ME. draht, if not in OE., — ON. *drahtr, dráttr, later reinforced from MDu. dragt; abstr. sb. f. Gmc. *draʒ- in DRAW; see -T 1. Cf. DRAFT.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

draught •Taft •abaft, aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, engraft, graft, haft, kraft, raft, shaft, understaffed, unstaffed, waft •backdraft • handcraft • aircraft •stagecraft • spacecraft • statecraft •needlecraft • priestcraft • witchcraft •kingcraft • handicraft • woodcraft •Wollstonecraft • bushcraft •watercraft • hovercraft • crankshaft •camshaft • layshaft • driveshaft •turboshaft • countershaft •bereft, cleft, deft, eft, heft, klepht, left, reft, theft, weft •adrift, drift, gift, grift, lift, rift, shift, shrift, sift, squiffed, swift, thrift, uplift •airlift, chairlift, stairlift •facelift • skilift • shoplift • Festschrift •spendthrift • spindrift • snowdrift •makeshift • downshift • upshift •aloft, croft, loft, oft, soft, toft •hayloft • Ashcroft • Cockcroft •undercroft • Lowestoft •tuft, unstuffed •Delft

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