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 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)
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.
There were manila rope falls of sufficient length for lowering the boats to the vessel's light draft, and when the boats were lowered, to be able to reach the boat winches on the boat deck.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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
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