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countable and uncountable, plural scoutcrafts
(scouting) A set of outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering examples
plural scoutcrafts or scoutcraft
(rare, science fiction, ufology) A spacecraft used for scouting. quotations
Enemy scoutcraft, extreme range.
1994, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, By Honor Betray'd
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.
1999, Jerome Clark, Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, page 7
He flies around the Galaxy all alone in just a little tiny scoutcraft?
2001, Douglas Kendall, Battle of Infinity City, page 298
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.
2006, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Strangers From The Sky, Pocket Books, page 32
The nearer they closed in; tiny scoutcrafts could be seen continuingly migrating to and from them.
2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 137