draff

Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
Draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
They are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
"Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various

This promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for draff

draff

/ (dræf) /

noun

the residue of husks after fermentation of the grain used in brewing, used as a food for cattle

Derived forms of draff

draffy, adjective

Word Origin for draff

C13: from Old Norse draf; related to Old High German trebir, Russian drob fragment; see drivel

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