draught
(US draft)
• noun 1 a current of cool air in a room or confined space. 2 a single act of drinking or inhaling. 3 literary or archaic a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties: a sleeping draught. 4 the depth of water needed to float a particular ship. 5 the drawing in of a fishing net.
• verb variant spelling of DRAFT.
• adjective 1 denoting beer served from a cask rather than from a bottle or can. 2 denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/draught?...draft
• noun 1 a preliminary version of a piece of writing. 2 a plan or sketch. 3 a written order to pay a specified sum. 4 (the draft) chiefly US compulsory recruitment for military service. 5 US spelling of DRAUGHT.
• verb 1 prepare a preliminary version of (a text). 2 select (a person or group) and bring them somewhere for a purpose. 3 US conscript for military service.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/draft?view=ukdraft and draught. In British English draft means 'a preliminary version' or 'an order to pay a sum', whereas a draught is a current of air or an act of drinking; in North American English the spelling draft is used for all senses. The verb is usually spelled draft.
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classi...Askoxford shows the differences clearly, and, to answer your question - "draught" in this context is clearly wrong - it has to be draft in BE
