In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
drafts
plural of draft
Archaic form of draughts (“the board game”).
drafts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draft
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.