Draft

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), 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, 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

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 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