landing craft


noun Navy.

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

Origin of landing craft

First recorded in 1935–40

Example sentences from the Web for landing craft

  • Suppose we tell Ravney to herd these Lords-Master onto a couple of landing-craft and bring them up here?

    A Slave is a Slave |Henry Beam Piper
  • Landing-craft to Isobel; Isobel will bring them the rest of the way.

    A Slave is a Slave |Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for landing craft

landing craft

noun

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