Draft

Draft, the draft, or draught may refer to:

• 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

• Draft (politics), 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

• 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, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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 stream

• Drapht (born 1982), Australian hip hop singer
• Drafting (disambiguation)
• Drought (disambiguation)
• Draft lottery (disambiguation)
• Final Draft (disambiguation)
• Checkers (disambiguation), including chequers
• Checker (disambiguation), including chequer
• Check (disambiguation), including cheque