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Definition of Draughty
1. Adjective. Not airtight.
Definition of Draughty
1. a. Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room.
Definition of Draughty
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of drafty) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Draughty
1. drafty [adj DRAUGHTIER, DRAUGHTIEST] - See also: drafty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draughty
Literary usage of Draughty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health and Comfort in House Building: Or, Ventilation with Warm Air by Self by John James Drysdale, John Williams Hayward (1890)
"Nevertheless, we must not fall into the error of supposing that a badly ventilated
and draughty house possesses any of the advantages of the open air, ..."
2. The Book of the Home: An Encyclopaedia of All Matters Relating to the House by H. C. Davidson (1905)
"That the average modern house is often exceedingly draughty no one will feel
disposed to denj-. An open staircase, the absence of vestibule or «ven of an ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"I could discern that the flunkies were draughty fellows, though they seemed to
obey him ; for when they, at the end of the time, came back with the carriage ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"There is hardly any expression we hear more frequently at this season than—” I
fear you are sitting in a draught ;“ “ This is a very draughty house,” &c. ..."
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