“Farmers will provide input into each draft of the plan so it better accommodates their needs.”
“Hooke produced a draft of the building and was ordered to begin work on its construction.”
“The Secretary-General shall prepare a draft budget for the several institutions of the Union and submit his draft for approval to the Committee of Ministers.”
draught
(Britain) Alternative form of draft in its various senses.
“She quietly opened the window and let herself get drenched in the raindrops that the draught carried into the room.”
“On the arrival of spring, the little party visited the fort, and here, over a draught of whiskey, they renewed their smothered quarrel.”
“Half Pint jumped clear as Red Head picked up the draught piece, shook it, and placed it on the square opposite the first draught his grandad had moved.”
“John, the drafter, meticulously created the architectural plans for the new building, showcasing his precision and skill in the intricately detailed drawings.”
“Mr. Stanley Semrau: I'm not a lawyer or a drafter of laws, so at a certain level I would be lost in terms of how to respond.”
“This future drafter of the Constitution wrote with some urgency.”
draughts
(board games, Britain, uncountable) A boardgame for two players in which the players each have 20 pieces, 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. (See the Wikipedia page for the full rules of the game. There are various variants of the game.)
“A Howard University professor of architecture, she served as lead draftswoman for the renovation.”
“He was 7, he said, when his mother, a draftswoman in an architectural firm, was sent for re-education in a labor camp.”
“She is a civil engineer and an expert mechanical draftswoman.”
draughtsboard
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
“Recreational facilities and activities that once were appropriate for the unaccompanied draftee are unappealing to professional soldiers and their families.”
“What the soldier, the voluntary soldier and the draftee, experience directly is the war itself.”
“He was there in 1942 as a reluctant Army draftee assigned to military police guard duty at the camp.”