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
A small fleet of armed frigates drawing a light draft was to cruise off the western coasts, and to watch those dangerous islands whence issued the long war-galleys of the Macdonalds and the Macleans.
From Claverhouse by Morris, Mowbray
The main craft was a keel boat fifty-five feet long, of light draft, with square-rigged sail and twenty-two oars, and tow-line fastened to the mast pole to track the boat upstream through rapids.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
In 1862 he built the Enterprise, a small but serviceable boat of light draft and fair speed.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
She can go in shallow water as she is a light draft boat and at the same time order coal for us.
From The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 by Cross, R.
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