scoutcraft

American  

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

noun

1. practice of or skill at scouting. scout. 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

His Efrafan scoutcraft act was getting to be a bore.

From Literature

And that was the aim of each member of the Owl Patrol, with the exception, perhaps, of Harold, not indeed to be the “best scout,” but to figure as the equal in scoutcraft of any lad of his age and a corresponding period of service, in the United States.

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I can see where it is a verra interesting subject, this scoutcraft, Lil Artha.

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The scouts of the Eagle Patrol were fated to come across other still more unexpected adventures, such as were calculated to call heavily upon their knowledge of scoutcraft, in order that puzzles might be solved and dangers avoided.

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Once again they managed to bring into play the resourcefulness which, as members of the Eagle Patrol, had been developed in them; and it was principally through the agency of scoutcraft that the evil designs which certain envious nations had upon the locks of the canal were blocked.

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