draft vs seat belt

draft

noun
  • The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition. 

  • Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military. 

  • The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould. 

  • The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. 

  • An act of drinking. 

  • A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position. 

  • A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan. 

  • A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. 

  • The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow. 

  • An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing. 

  • The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel. 

  • Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can. 

  • A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.). 

  • A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams. 

  • A cheque, an order for money to be paid. 

adj
  • Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads. 

  • Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled. 

verb
  • To draw out; to call forth. 

  • To write a law. 

  • To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military. 

  • To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed. 

  • To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn. 

  • To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. 

  • To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose. 

  • To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch. 

  • To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team. 

  • To select and separate an animal or animals from a group. 

seat belt

noun
  • A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects. 

How often have the words draft and seat belt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )