light draft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of light draft
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Sarah Carmean, who enjoyed a light draft at Boomtown, lamented with service-industry employees missing tips or hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
The great requisite for transports on the Tigris was a very light draft, and to fill the requirements boats were requisitioned ranging from penny steamers of the Thames to river-craft of the Irrawaddy.
From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit
It was a craft of perhaps thirty-five feet, slender, of light draft, and quite certainly built for speed.
From The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.
Forts Fisher, Caswell, and Smith afford abundant protection 303 to the light draft steamers as soon as they get into the shoal water where our gunboats as a rule cannot follow them.
From A Victorious Union by Optic, Oliver
The sharpie's rapid spread in use can be accounted for by its low cost, light draft, speed, handiness under sail, graceful appearance, and rather astonishing seaworthiness.
From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
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