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Survey of English Place-Names

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Draught

Other OS name in the Parish of Miserden

Etymology

, 1830 M , from ME draht ' draught ' in one of its later senses such as ' a bowshot ' , ' a stream course ' , ' a cesspool ' or the like ( cf. NED s.v . ) .