scoutcraft

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A set of mostly outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering.

   “Healthcraft is a further and most important branch of scoutcraft. To secure endurance, physical power, physical courage and skill, it is necessary to have the body in the best possible condition for doing its work […]”

2. (rare)A spacecraft used for scouting.

   “Enemy scoutcraft, extreme range.”

   “In August 1954 a Venusian scoutcraft allegedly flew Adamski around the moon, showing him extraterrestrial cities and hangars as well as forests, lakes, and rivers.”

   “He flies around the Galaxy all alone in just a little tiny scoutcraft?”

   “In the ensuing years it had never come to that, yet every scoutcraft was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism, and every commander was prepared at all times to activate it.”

   “The nearer they closed in; tiny scoutcrafts could be seen continuingly migrating to and from them.”

3. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of scoutcraft.