draft board
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7.1
- noun
- /dræft bɔrd/
- Archaic
:
mesa de reclutamiento
- Potter became head of the draft board.
And, and this is a week after the draft board.
- And, and this is a week after the draft board.
Examples
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I went to the draft board when I was sixteen under the name of Jim Wilson.
Blog text (11) -
It was up to the individual draft board whether or not they'd accept marriage as a deferral.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, you got to write a letter to the draft board.
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I suppose I'll be hearing from the draft board.
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Meanwhile, they had to notify their draft board every time they moved and ask its permission if they wished to leave the country.
Academic text (2003) -
But when they came home, there was a letter waiting for him in the mailbox from his draft board.
Fiction book (1990) -
The only mail was a couple of very overdue bills, nothing from the draft board.
Fiction book (1995) -
As I moved to block his way, he pulled on my overcoat and asked, "No word from the draft board?" The reminder stopped me dead.
Fiction book (1995) -
My draft board apparently decided I was too nuts to bother with, and subtly let me know.
Blog text (1) -
I received a letter informing me that I need to report to the draft board next week.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'draft' (conscription) + 'board' (committee) yields a committee responsible for conscription. This follows a common noun‑noun compounding pattern and is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Draft board comes from a simple image. Officials would sit at a table, or 'board', and 'draw' names, the draft, to choose men to serve in the army. So today a draft board is the local group that decides who will be called to serve.