scoutcraft

American  

[skout-kraft, -krahft] / ˈskaʊtˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /

noun

1. practice of or skill at scouting.

2. skill in the program of activities of the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts.

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Etymology

Origin of scoutcraft

First recorded in 1900–05; scout ¹ + craft

Example Sentences

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scoutcraft

His Efrafan scoutcraft act was getting to be a bore.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Now, I want every boy to go home and spend the time he can spare before the start studying all the Scout rules, and brushing up his memory on scoutcraft and campcraft.

From The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods by Maitland, Robert

The Chief Scout is elected annually by the National Council and has a staff of deputies each of whom is chairman of a committee of scoutcraft.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Bad scoutcraft was one of the chief drawbacks in what has been dubbed "The Glorious Failure."

From At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. by Hargrave, John

Every activity that lends itself to these aims is good scoutcraft.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.