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Definition of "updraught" [updraught]

  • Alternative spelling of updraft. (noun)

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Use "updraught" in a sentence
  • "Trades and counter trades would doubtless exist but for the efficiency of this updraught, which is caused by the condensation of watery vapour, but the movement would be much less than it is."
  • "The updraught from the warmth could blow them away. '"
  • "Now as he watched they rose majestically over the very heart of the city, their wings lifted as if on an updraught from the massed exhalation of the people thronging either side of the Sacred Way far below."