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

* 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 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 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