Draft, the draft, or draught may refer to:

Watercraft dimensions

Draft (hull) The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point. Draft varies according to the loaded condition of the ship. ...

, 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

* Draft (politics), groundswell of support to compel a candidate to run for office *

Draft (sports) A draft is a process used in some countries (especially in North America) and sports (especially in closed leagues) to allocate certain players to teams. In a draft, teams take turns selecting from a pool of eligible players. When a team selec ...

, selection of players for professional sports teams *

Conscription Conscription, also known as the draft in the United States and Israel, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it conti ...

, selection for e.g. military service

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 * ''The Draft!'' (film), a 2023 Indonesian science fiction horror film * WWE draft, a World Wrestling Entertainment program which drafts superstars to different WWE brands *

Draughts Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; Commonwealth English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. ...

, 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 demand draft (DD) is a negotiable instrument similar to a bill of exchange. A bank issues a demand draft to a client (drawer), directing another bank (drawee) or one of its own branches to pay a certain sum to the specified party (payee). A d ...

, 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 Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as Name Until Joseph Bramah patented the beer engine in 1785, beer was served ...

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 Drafting is the process by which preliminary forms of a written work are composed. Separate from other steps of the writing process, such as Revision (writing), revision and editing, drafting involves the initial creation of the main content, ...

, a version of an unfinished document or other written work * Draft animal, an animal used to perform tasks **

Draft horse A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number o ...

, 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