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Etymology 1 alt. A set of outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering n. A set of outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering Etymology 2
n. (label en rare science fiction ufology) A (l/en: spacecraft) used for (l/en scout scouting).
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Scoutcraft is a term used to cover a variety of woodcraft knowledge and skills required by people seeking to venture into wild country and sustain themselves independently. The term has been adopted by Scouting organizations to reflect skills and knowledge which are felt to be a core part of the various programs, alongside community and spirituality. Skills commonly included are camping, cooking, first aid, wilderness survival, orienteering and pioneering.
Usage examples of "scoutcraft".
The friendly Seraan of neighboring Soraba was here to purchase some scoutcraft of his own.
And the scoutcraft, with its flying abilities left unimpaired, was their only real hope of returning to Shondakor with any swiftness or safety.
Koja estimated that they had come at least one hundred korads from Shondakor aboard the runaway scoutcraft by this time.
It was only when the duty officer, a young komor named Jorad, compared rosters and discovered that the scoutcraft Lankar-jan had not been checked back into its berth in the dockyards that he began to feel that all might not be well with one of his charges.
And when the search squadron returned on the afternoon of the day following, having combed the landscape between Shondakor and the Kumala, and a similar distance in all other directions, without finding the slightest trace of the scoutcraft or the two othodes or Taran and Koja, we all became very definitely fearful for their safety.
So while Taran scrabbled about gathering dry twigs and leaves and moss for a cook-fire, Koja returned yet again to the treetop and came back down with the tinderbox wherewith a thoughtful and foresighted supply officer had decided each scoutcraft cabin should be outfitted.
But if they had looked up, they would probably have seen the scoutcraft moored to the branch above them.
My squadron is an honor guard composed of thirteen scoutcraft and my personal yacht, the Shondakor.
Prince Valkar did not dare try to bring the scoutcraft down so as to anchor it to the surface of the meadow, lest Yathoon sentinels should perceive their actions and attack them.
Valkar took the little scoutcraft up to far greater altitude than that at which they had flown previously, while searching for some sign of their lost comrades.
The caravan rode south, and above them all the way soared the scoutcraft, while aboard two worried Shondakorians strove to figure out a way to rescue Koja and Taran from their captivity.
Thundering Hooves All that day the little scoutcraft followed in the wake of the Yathoon caravan, while the migratory Clan stolidly pursued its southward way.
But in the next instant he had kicked the scoutcraft into a hurtling dive.
The prince smiled, introduced himself, and explained that many of the scoutcraft of Shondakor were combing the Great Plains in search of her young companion in captivity and his Yathoon friend, and that he felt favored by the Lords of Gordrimator that it had been his good luck to be near enough to lend assistance to them in their peril.
Kadar leveled off and turned the scoutcraft about in a wide circle, returning the way they had first come.