DRAFTING

drafting, mechanical drawing

(noun) the craft of drawing blueprints

drafting

(noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

drawing, draftsmanship, drafting

(noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; “he learned drawing from his father”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

drafting

present participle of draft

Noun

drafting (countable and uncountable, plural draftings)

The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.

A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.

The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.

A method of preparing fibers for weaving.

Source: Wiktionary

DRAFT

Draft, a.

1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net, Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

Draft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]

1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.

4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition