backdraught

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English draught
English backdraught

    From back + draught.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    backdraught (plural backdraughts)

    1. (firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft.
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