'draughts' is correct and can be used in written English
It is a noun and is the British spelling of the game commonly known as 'checkers' in the US. For example: My grandparents love playing draughts in the afternoon.
Their manager, Giampiero Ventura, had given us advanced warning of his cautious gameplan, saying: "If I have [Mike] Tyson opposite me, then I'm going to try to play him at draughts, not trade punches".
As with that album, state-of-the-art production is a rich, generous backing for minimalist songwriting, where papery ribbons of melody get caught in uncaring draughts, and scales tread carefully as if negotiating a broken staircase.
Boys played cricket on rooftops; old men played draughts or chess; hogs enjoyed an uninterrupted nose through the rubbish.
Certainly, a strong vein of erotic fantasy, with deep draughts of sado-masochism, runs just beneath the order of Japanese society.
CHECKERS (or draughts, as it is known in Britain) used to be a fun game of chance.
Boys played cricket on the rooftops; older men played draughts; hogs enjoyed an uninterrupted nose through the refuse.
They are the undisputed champions in draughts and Othello.
Partly, she says, that reflects the 21st century's love of 19th-century homes, which were constructed when people did not expect the whole house to be cosy and bracing draughts were seen as a health feature.
Hundreds of leaded windows do not close properly, creating draughts and security risks.
Muhammad Akram, a 47-year-old father of four playing a local form of draughts, lost his job as a guard for a German NGO two years ago.
These tapestries were beautiful, kept out draughts and showed off a king's wealth.
