withdraught

• wydraught

From Middle English wyþdraȝþ, wedraught, etc, equivalent to with- +‎ draught.[1]

withdraught (plural withdraughts)

1. (obsolete) Withdrawal [14^th-17^thc.], particularly:
   1. (law, obsolete) Retraxit: a dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
   2. (law, obsolete) A fine imposed on plaintiffs for such a dismissal.
2. (obsolete) A place to withdraw to: a private chamber or retreat. [15^th-16^thc.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIX:

     ...the Quene wolde nat suffir her wounded knyghtes to be fro her, but that they were layde in wythdraughtes by hur chambir, uppon beddis and paylattes, that she myght herselff se unto them that they wanted nothynge.

   • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum VI”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XIX, [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034, page 223:

     :

     Then when season was, they went unto their chambers, but in no wise the queen would not suffer the wounded knights to be from her, but that they were laid within draughts by her chamber, upon beds and pillows, that she herself might see to them, that they wanted nothing.

3. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. [15^th-17^thc.]
4. (obsolete) A sewer or watercourse used for sewerage. [15^th-19^thc.]

• (outhouse): See Thesaurus:bathroom