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ˈsea-craft
1. Maritime skill, skill in navigation. Often written seacraft.
1727Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins, etc. 221 Alexander..to shew how little he considered the Sea-craft of the Persians,..employed none of that Country in his Fleet. 1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia II. 246 Its population were pre-eminent in sea craft and traffic.
2. Ship-building. (See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Sea-crafts,..a term for the scarphed strakes otherwise called clamps.
3. Sea-going craft; sea-vessels considered collectively.
1919Q. Rev. Jan. 184 Vessels, whether sea-craft or air-craft. 1928Daily Express 18 Jan. 1 Our oldest craft, seacraft. |