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★ 'Draft' or 'draught' may mean:

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★ Draft (air), a stream of air of constant direction and (when induced mechanically) constant speed.

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★ ''Draft'' or ''The Draft'', synonymous for conscription, especially conscription in the United States relating to the military or military service

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★ Draft (sports), a system for allocating players among teams

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★ Draft (hull), the vertical distance from the bottom of a hull to the waterline at the lowest part of a ship or boat

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★ Draft (sailing), the degree of curvature in a horizontal cross-section in sailing

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★ Draft (water), to move a liquid from below the intake of a suction pump

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★ Draft (combustion) is the incoming flow of air of a Boiler or engine

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★ Draft (politics), an attempt to persuade a political candidate to enter an election

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★ Draughts (or checkers), a popular board game

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★ In finance, a ''draft'' is an order for the payment of money (see check)

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★ The Draft (band), a rock band from Florida.

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★ ''The Draft'' was a comic book in the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics

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★ Rough Draft is a fantasy novel by Sergey Lukyanenko

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★ Rough Draft Studios is an animation studio in California

★ 'Drafting' (but not ''draughting'') can mean:

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★ ''Drafting'', technical drawing and engineering drawing in engineering and architecture

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★ Drafting (racing), a technique for reducing drag in racing

★ 'Draft' or 'draught' may be used in combination with several words:

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★ Air draft (nautical), the vertical distance from the highest point on a ship or boat to the waterline

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★ , one of several revisions to a manuscript

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★ Draught beer (or draft beer), beer that has been served from a container by pump or pressure

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★ Draft horse (or draught horse), a large, strong horse bred for heavy work rather than speed

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★ Draft dog (or draught dog), a large, strong dog used for pulling carts or work (see Working Group (dogs))

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Note on spelling

Note on spelling

In British English the word is spelled ''draught'' in some senses and ''draft'' in others. It is ''draught beer'', a ''draught horse'', a ''draught'' meaning a current of air or a ship's minimum depth of water to float, and the game ''draughts'' - all of which retain the older spelling ''draught''. The simplified spelling ''draft'' is used for a plan or sketch, for a preliminary version of a document and for the verb meaning to write it, for an order of payment, and for military conscription (although this last meaning is not as common as in American English). In the USA the spelling is ''draft'' in all these cases.