draught

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21350

draft [PT] .the men down in the hold 'd be yafflin' up the fish, yafflin' up,an' _ an' they'd yaffle so much an' _ and throw up. to get enough for the weight to make the draught on the bar, an' then there'd be, "Yaffle at hand.Yaffle at hand" then, you know - you have yaffle on.have it all _ all on hand then for the next one. Yaffle at hand. (quantity,amount etc. See OED _draught_ sb 2 b) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I Used I 1 Used I draught, draft bar(row), BARROW1, FISH BARROW Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016