drafting meaning

• Noun: drafting  drãfting
  1. Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later 
  2. The craft of drawing blueprints
     - mechanical drawing 
  3. The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
     - drawing, draftsmanship [US], draughtsmanship [Brit, Cdn]
  Verb: draft  drãft
  1. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
     "draft a speech"
     - outline 
  2. Engage somebody to enter the army
     - enlist, muster in 
  3. [N. Amer] Make a blueprint of
     - blueprint, draught [Brit, Cdn]

  Derived forms: draftings

  See also: draftee, drafter

  Type of: art, artistic creation, artistic production, authorship, compose, composition, craft, design, enrol [Brit, Cdn], enroll [N. Amer], enter, indite [archaic], inscribe, pen, penning, plan, recruit, trade, write, writing

  Encyclopedia: Draft

  Drafting

• camp-drafting:     noun (Aust)  ...
• drafting board:    Noun: drafting boa ...
• drafting chisel:    [Architecture]A ch ...

Examples

1. he did most of the actual drafting.
2. modern controlled drafting systems use drafts of the order of 30.
3. as usual when drafting speeches, he refused to answer the telephone for days on end.
4. for the measurement of drafting forces of staple the shirley draftometer or a similar instrument is used.
5. i know the business of language centers . i also have a special talent for drafting successful advertisements.