scoutcraft

[ skout-kraft, -krahft ]

noun
  1. practice of or skill at scouting.

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

Origin of scoutcraft

1
First recorded in 1900–05; scout1 + craft

Words Nearby scoutcraft

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How to use scoutcraft in a sentence

  • For ten minutes more, the two were deep in the intricacies of scoutcraft.

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

    Outdoor Sports and Games | Claude H. Miller
  • In the days of Kiddie's convalescence, Rube learnt many a lesson in scoutcraft; lessons which he hastened to put into practice.

    Kiddie the Scout | Robert Leighton
  • It would be a test in which every faculty of the searcher's scoutcraft would be brought into active exercise.

    Kiddie the Scout | Robert Leighton
  • Who desires to bear the lights which shall lighten the way of this candidate as he enters the mysteries of scoutcraft?

    The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters | Charles Henry Lerrigo