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Definition of Drafty
1. Adjective. Not airtight.
Definition of Drafty
1. Adjective. Characterized by gusts of wind; windy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drafty
1. having or exposed to currents of air [adj DRAFTIER, DRAFTIEST] : DRAFTILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drafty
Literary usage of Drafty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"This breed is of the larger type, drafty in character, standing about fifteen
... It is very drafty and strong of character, although far from beautiful. ..."
2. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"... Lays siege unto the backward buyer's groat; Which all within is drafty sluttish
gear"', Fit for the oven or the kitchen fire: 30 So this gay gate adds ..."
3. A History of the Percheron Horse: Including Hitherto Unpublished Data by Alvin Howard Sanders (1917)
"His horses were rather low-down, thick, wide and drafty, somewhat on the "Dutchman's
type. ... He was about 17 hands high and a deep, thick, drafty horse, ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"By God," quod he, " for plainly at о word, Thy drafty riming is not worth a tord :
Thou dost nought elles but ..."
5. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1917)
"Warmth is a great aid in combating the affection whilst a c-old drafty stable
... However, a cold drafty stable lowers the vitality and farmers are advised ..."
6. Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1864)
"We have our " drafty prose " as they had their " drafty riming." But shall we
infer from this ludicrous effusion of the great poet, that he held so light ..."
7. Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli (1842)
"We have our " drafty prose "as they had their " drafty riming." But shall we
infer from this ludicrous effusion of the great poet, that he held so light the ..."
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