draughts

Noun

• a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
• a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
• a large and hurried swallow
• a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
• the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
• a dose of liquid medicine
• the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
• plural of draught
• A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
• A mild vesicatory.

Verb

• make a blueprint of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of draught

Synonyms

blueprint, checkers, draft, draught, drawing, gulp, potation, swig, tipple