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draught excluder

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draught excluder (plural draught excluders)

  1. A flexible strip attached to the bottom or side of a door to prevent draughts entering through the gap.
    • 1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 132-133:
      The sliding door, which is fitted with a drop light, is shrouded with bristle-type draught excluders.
    • 1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581:
      Each coach is insulated by a four-inch thickness of fibreglass and heated by two overhead 2 in. steam pipes, while all external doors close into rubber draught excluders.
  2. Any other object used to prevent draughts, such as a chimney balloon.

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