predraft meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

predraft

adj

Etymology From pre- + draft.

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Occurring before or in preparation for a draft.

Magid, who represents several professional football players, lobbied for Thomas to be included in a predraft all-star game called Texas vs. The Nation.2007 April 25, Lee Jenkins, “For N.F.L. Draft, the Biggest (XXXXXXL) Sleeper”, in New York Times:

verb

Etymology From pre- + draft.

Business, Manufacturing, Textiles To pull fibers slightly out of the top or roving prior to spinning.

Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32:

To prepare to write the draft of a document, by means of research, discussion, etc.

[…] when predrafting the Berlin foreign minister's statement […]2015, I. William Zartman, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat, page 356: