drafting

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,012 of 15,258leans written

Drafting is riding close behind another to save effort. Take a turn drafting, drafting the wheel, illegal drafting.

Sitting in the pocket of air behind another rider can cut the work by a third, which is why road racing is a group sport at all. In triathlon, drafting is banned on the bike leg in most amateur races and enforced with penalties.

Definitions of drafting

1noundraftingRiding close behind another to save effort.C1
“The cyclists took turns at the front, with the others drafting close behind in a line.”

drafting is a riding.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*dʰregʰ-
Proto-Germanic
*drahtuz — a pulling, drawing
Proto-West Germanic
*drahti
Old English
*dreaht
Middle English
draught
English
draft
English, today
drafting

Built from

draght · Middle English — that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design

draft A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English dreaht, dræht, from Proto-West Germanic drahti, drahtu, from Proto-Germanic drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. by surface analysis, en + draw + t.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Cycling

Practise this word

drafting in the wild

The terms computer-aided drafting (CAD) and computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) are also used.
Computer-aided design
A professional drafter who makes technical drawings is sometimes called a drafting technician.
Technical drawing
Compasses can be used for mathematics, drafting, navigation and other purposes.
Compass (drawing tool)
Riders in a group save energy by riding behind or close to other riders (drafting, or slipstreaming).
Peloton
Separate from other steps of the writing process, such as revision and editing, drafting involves the initial creation of the main content, structure, and style of a work.
Drafting (writing)

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Related words

the draght family

draft

drafting — used about once every 7,814 pages · #11,012 · point at the bar for the others

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