Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to:

Watercraft dimensions

* Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel *

Draft (sail) In nautical parlance, the draft or draught of a sail is a degree of curvature in a horizontal cross-section. Any sail experiences a force from the prevailing wind just because it impedes the air's passage. A sail with draft also functions as an ...

, degree of curvature in a sail *

Air draft Air draft (or air draught) is the distance from the surface of the water to the highest point on a vessel. This is similar to the " deep draft" of a vessel which is measured from the surface of the water to the deepest part of the hull below th ...

, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vessel

Selection processes

Draft (politics) In elections in the United States, political drafts are used to encourage or pressure a certain person to enter a political race, by demonstrating a significant groundswell of support for the candidate. History 20th century Movements to draft ...

, groundswell of support to compel a candidate to run for office * Draft (sports), selection of players for professional sports teams * Conscription, 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 * '' Draft 7.30'', a 2003 album by British electronic band Autechre *

WWE draft The WWE Draft, alternatively called the WWE Superstar Shake-up from 2017 to 2019, is a process used by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw (WWE brand), Raw and SmackDown (WWE bran ...

, a World Wrestling Entertainment program which drafts superstars to different WWE brands *

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

, 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) The difference between atmospheric pressure and the pressure existing in the furnace or flue gas passage of a boiler is termed as draft. Draft can also be referred to as the difference in pressure in the combustion chamber area which results in the ...

, difference between atmospheric pressure and the boiler pressure *

Chimney draught A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are ty ...

, 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 In meteorology, an updraft is a small-scale current of rising air, often within a cloud. Overview Localized regions of warm or cool air will exhibit vertical movement. A mass of warm air will typically be less dense than the surrounding region ...

, 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 de ...

, a check created by a merchant with a buyer's account number on it, but without the buyer's signature *

Banker's draft A banker's draft (also called a bank cheque, bank draft in Canada or, in the US, a teller's check) is a cheque (or check) provided to a customer of a bank or acquired from a bank for remittance purposes, that is drawn by the bank, and drawn on a ...

, a form of check where the funds are taken directly from the financial institution *

Sight draft A banker's acceptance is a commitment by a bank to make a requested future payment. The request will typically specify the payee, the amount, and the date on which it is eligible for payment. After acceptance, the request becomes an unconditional ...

, 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 dir ...

or other beverage, served from a bulk keg or cask rather than a bottle or can *

Draft (engineering) In engineering, draft is the amount of taper for molded or cast Cast may refer to: Music * Cast (band), an English alternative rock band * Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band * The Cast, a Scottish musical duo: Mairi Campbel ...

, 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 In the context of written composition, "drafting" refers to any process of generating preliminary versions of a written work. Drafting happens at any stage of the writing process as writers generate trial versions of the text they're developing. ...

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

Draft horse A draft horse (US), draught horse (UK) or dray horse (from the Old English ''dragan'' meaning "to draw or haul"; compare Dutch ''dragen'' and German ''tragen'' meaning "to carry" and Danish ''drage'' meaning "to draw" or "to fare"), less oft ...

, a large horse bred to be a working animal doing hard tasks such as plowing and other farm labor **

Draught dog A drafting dog, pulling dog, or draft dog (also spelt draught dog) is a dog bred and traditionally used for pulling a dogcart, or in winter also for sled pulling. Dogs bred for this work have strong builds. Many draft dogs are either mastiff ...

, a variety of working dog used to pull a cart *

Draft (water) A draft is the use of suction to move a liquid such as water from a vessel or body of water below the intake of a suction pump. A rural fire department or farmer might draft water from a pond as the first step in moving the water elsewhere. A suc ...