draughts

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɹɑːfts/
• (US) enPR: drăfts, IPA^(key): /dɹæfts/

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Noun

draughts

1. plural of draught

Noun

draughts (uncountable)

1. (board games, Britain, uncountable) A board game 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.)
2. A mild vesicatory.

Verb

draughts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught