"through-draught" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: through-draughts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} through-draught (plural through-draughts)
  1. (UK) A draught or air current that blows across a space; cross breeze. Tags: UK Synonyms: through-draft [US], through draft [US], throughdraft [US], through draught, throughdraught Related terms: in-draught Translations (Translations): läpiveto (Finnish), courant d’air [masculine] (French), przewiew [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-through-draught-en-noun-bNzb1F8u Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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