draught

courant d'air

Air frais qui traverse une pièce, souvent en entrant par un espace autour d’une porte ou d’une fenêtre.

En anglais simple : A flow of cool air through a room, often coming through a gap in a door or window.

• There's a draught by the window.
• She closed the door to stop the draught.
• Can you feel a cold draught around your feet?

Synonymes : draft

Expressions courantes : cold draught, feel a draught, in a draught

pion de dames

Petite pièce plate que l’on déplace sur le plateau au jeu de dames.

En anglais simple : A small flat piece moved across a board in the game of draughts.

• He moved a black draught.
• One draught lay beside the board.
• She captured two draughts in a single move.

Synonymes : checker

Expressions courantes : black draught, move a draught

emplâtre vésicant

Traitement léger appliqué sur la peau pour y faire apparaître de petites cloques.

En anglais simple : A mild treatment put on the skin to cause small blisters.

• The physician applied a draught.
• A mustard draught irritated the patient's skin.
• Such draughts were once used in medical treatment.

Synonymes : blistering plaster

Expressions courantes : apply a draught, mustard draught

dessiner, tracer

Faire un dessin ou un plan, notamment le dessin détaillé de quelque chose à construire.

En anglais simple : To draw a picture or plan, especially a detailed design for something to be built.

• He draughted a plan of the house.
• She learned to draught detailed building designs.
• The architect draughts each outline by hand.

Synonymes : draw, draft

Expressions courantes : draught a plan, draught a design

tirer, tracter

Faire avancer quelque chose en le tirant, notamment un véhicule ou du matériel agricole lourd.

En anglais simple : To pull something along, especially a vehicle or heavy farming equipment.

• The horses draughted the wagon.
• Two oxen were needed to draught the heavy cart.
• These animals draught farm equipment across the field.

Synonymes : pull, haul, draw

Contraires : push

Expressions courantes : draught a cart, draught a plough