through draught

English

Noun

through draught (plural through draughts)

1. Alternative form of through-draught
   • 1866, Reports of the Medical Officer of the Privy Council and Local Government Board, page 107:

     The same cannot be said of the bedroom; but condemnation of a bedroom for want of through draught on that floor would fall on some of the bedrooms in almost every large house in the country .

   • 1906, James Baikie, Through the Telescope, page 40:

     Bring it into a room of moderate temperature, or stand it in a through draught of dry air until the moisture evaporates; and should any stain be left, make sure that the mirror is absolutely dry before attempting to polish it off.

   • 1914, Fridtjof Nansen, Through Siberia, the Land of the Future, page 395:

     Similar conditions are familiar in Norway in old mine-workings that have been closed, so that there is no longer a through draught; ice may be found in them all the year round.

   • 2021, Jane Kenney, A Welsh Landscape through Time:

     The latter requires a through draught. If there was originally a gap between postholes 92868 and 92688 then this, combined with the entirely open southeastern end, may have provided the required draught.