Draught excluder

A draught excluder or draft guard is a device used to prevent cold air from entering a building through gaps around entry points such as doors, windows and fireplaces.

[1][2] In the Victorian era these draught excluders would be sausage-shaped and made from fabric stuffed with sawdust.

[3] Tubular sand-filled fabric draught excluders are commonly referred to as "door snakes" in Australia.

[4][5] Jenny Agutter told The Guardian that the hotel in the Outback where they stayed while making Walkabout used them to keep venomous snakes out of the guests' rooms.

[6] Draught excluders can come in the form of a self-adhesive roll of rubber or other flexible material.