landing craft en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.
1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landing crafts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| landing craft | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
landing craft vehicle · landing craft heavy · light landing craft · landing craft tank · LCV · LC · LCM · LCL · LCI · landing craft air cushion · LCH · LCT · vehicular landing craft · air cushion landing craft · landing craft medium · infantry landing craft · air-cushioned landing craft · landing craft mechanized · landing craft light · LCAC · LCU · medium landing craft · heavy landing craft · utility landing craft · vehicle landing craft · landing craft infantry · mechanized landing craft · landing craft utility · tank landing craft
Relateds
landing ship · landing platform dock
Synonyms
Translations (7)
de Landungsfahrzeug (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · fr chaland de débarquement (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · pl okręt desantowy (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · fi maihinnousualus (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · he נַחֶתֶת (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · el αποβατικό σκάφος (a type of flat-bottomed boat) · cmn 登陸艇 /登陆艇 (a type of flat-bottomed boat)