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landing craftˈlanding ˌcraft noun (plural landing craft) [countable] - Group 4 was a floating reserve lying offshore in their landing craft until required to reinforce one of the other Groups.
- Jitters had been wounded early, and washed back to the landing craft.
- On Saturday morning, dozens of amphibious vehicles and air-cushion landing craft ferried men and tanks on to military-designated Red Beach.
- The well decks are simply flooded and the landing craft are launched from the stern of the ship.
- These constraints put out of the question any prospect of training fully fledged navigators for the thousands of landing craft crews.
- Thousands of starving reindeer, too weak to make the crossing, are being carried across in landing craft.
► Navyable seaman, nounadmiral, nounahoy, interjectionarmada, nounbattle cruiser, nounbattleship, nounbroadside, nouncommodore, nouncruiser, noundepth charge, noundestroyer, nounensign, nounflagship, nounfleet admiral, nounflight deck, nounflight sergeant, noungunboat, nounlanding craft, nounman-of-war, nounmarine, adjectiveMarine, nounmariner, nounmaster, nounmaster-at-arms, nounmate, nounmidshipman, nounminesweeper, nounnaval, adjectivenavigator, nounperiscope, nounpetty officer, nounpocket battleship, nounquartermaster, nounrating, nounrear admiral, nounRN, seaman, nounsea power, nounsignalman, nounsub, nounsublieutenant, nounsubmarine, nounsubmariner, nounU-boat, nounvice-admiral, nounyeoman, noun a flat-bottomed boat that opens at one end so that soldiers and equipment can be moved directly onto the shore |