landing craft

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noun Navy.

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

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Origin of landing craft

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby landing craft

landing, landing beacon, landing beam, landing card, landing clerk, landing craft, landing field, landing flap, landing force, landing gear, landing net

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How to use landing craft in a sentence

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.”
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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.
How is Alaska leading the nation in vaccinating residents? With boats, ferries, planes and snowmobiles.|Cathy Free|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
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The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.
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Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pan Am was granted landing rights at Camp Colombia, an army base near Havana.
Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Carolyn had her own customers, mostly art and craft mavens like Blanchette Rockefeller.
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In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Nevertheless, both our arrival that evening and our landing the next morning were very quiet and peaceful.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for landing craft

landing craft

noun

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

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