landing craft

noun

, Navy.

1. any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.

landing craft

noun

1. military any small vessel designed for the landing of troops and equipment on beaches

Word History and Origins

Origin of landing craft¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

This outfit had been established, Bascom wrote, “to develop scientific means of determining the characteristics of beaches and of the waves that would make it difficult for landing craft to approach enemy-held beaches.”

From Outside Online

When the women climbed aboard his 32-foot aluminum landing craft and took seats in the windy darkness, Jackson said, he noticed that the woman in the middle, Candace Kreger, was clutching a bright blue cooler.

From Washington Post

German artillery chased the landing craft where they milled off shore.

From The Daily Beast

Many infantry in the first waves drowned, having disembarked from their landing craft in water over their heads.

From The Daily Beast

Remember the Harrier jump jet, the vertical takeoff and landing craft the British designed and Hollywood made famous?

From The Daily Beast

Shaking hands with him as he left the landing craft, Trask wanted to know if he'd been sent out as the new Viceroy.

From Project Gutenberg

"He says he didn't know a landing craft was supposed to land on the platform," Simpson reported finally.

From Project Gutenberg

Out of the gloom above there was a roar and a streak of murky yellow as the landing craft eased down through the haze.

From Project Gutenberg

With that he entered a small landing craft, which left a faintly luminescent trail as it plunged toward Earth.

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In five days the two small landing craft that had left it arched up from Earth and joined the orbit of the large ship.

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